Recent advances in controllable/divergent synthesis

• Jilei Cao,
• Leiyang Bai and
• Xuefeng Jiang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 890–914, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.73

• discipline and pursue novel advancements in the realm of chemical synthesis. Keywords: controllable; divergent; diverse products; switchable synthesis; Introduction In the era of synthetic organic chemistry, divergence can produce stereodivergence (including diastereodivergence and enantiodivergence) [1][2

Selective hydrolysis of α-oxo ketene N,S-acetals in water: switchable aqueous synthesis of β-keto thioesters and β-keto amides

• Haifeng Yu,
• Wanting Zhang,
• Xuejing Cui,
• Zida Liu,
• Xifu Zhang and
• Xiaobo Zhao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2225–2233, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.190

• Haifeng Yu Wanting Zhang Xuejing Cui Zida Liu Xifu Zhang Xiaobo Zhao College of Chemistry, Baicheng Normal University, Baicheng, Jilin 137000, China 10.3762/bjoc.20.190 Abstract An eco-friendly selective hydrolysis of chain α-oxo ketene N,S-acetals in water for the switchable synthesis of β-keto