Review
Chemistry, Applied
Seoung-Mi Choi, Ju Hyun Kim
Summary: This review summarizes the progress made in the synthesis of 2H-pyrroles since 2000, including methods such as dearomatization of 1H-pyrrole, oxidation of pyrrolines or pyrrolidines, ring construction via catalytic cycloaddition, and rearrangement of 3H-pyrroles.
ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Juan Du, Yun-Fan Li, Chang-Hua Ding
Summary: Palladium-catalyzed cycloaddition reactions using Pd-p-allyl zwitterions are significant synthetic transformations for the construction of carbon- or heterocycles compounds found in biologically active natural products and pharmaceuticals. Recent studies have explored new applications of previously less-studied Pd-p-allyl zwitterions and designed impressive novel zwitterions, which are diverse and highly reactive intermediates for the synthesis of complex polycyclics and medium-sized cyclic compounds.
CHINESE CHEMICAL LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Can Gao, Xunhua Wang, Jitian Liu, Xiaoxun Li
Summary: This study presents a palladium-catalyzed asymmetric [4 + 4] cycloaddition, allowing for efficient synthesis of highly stereochemically controlled nitrogen-heterocyclic compounds. The method provides good regio-, stereo-, and enantioselectivity, with the ability to tolerate complex substrates derived from natural products.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ming Zhang, Xiao-Chen Wang
Summary: This method presents a mild and efficient approach for synthesizing enantioenriched tetrahydroquinoline-fused cyclobutenes through a cascade reaction, catalyzed by chiral spiro-bicyclic bisboranes. The bisboranes function by catalyzing hydride transfer and activating the alkynone substrate for an enantioselective cycloaddition reaction.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Hiroto Uno, Koki Kawai, Taichi Araki, Motoo Shiro, Norio Shibata
Summary: Gem-difluoromethylene moieties are attractive in medicinal chemistry due to their ability to mimic other more ubiquitous functional groups. A novel asymmetric method for their construction was developed, allowing easy access to chiral 1,3-dioxanes that contain a tetrasubstituted difluoroalkyl stereogenic center. The gem-difluoro substitution pattern promotes the reaction, and various substrates were suitable for this method.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Tao Wang, Bo Huang, You-Qing Wang
Summary: Using chiral phosphoric acids as organocatalysts, a formal asymmetric (4+2) cycloaddition of 3-methylene isoindolinone and in situ-generated ortho-quinone methide substrates is achieved. This reaction allows the construction of spiro chroman-isoindolinones containing spiro-N,O-heterocycles with high enantioselectivity, with a broad substrate scope.
ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Taiki Morita, Hiroki Murakami, Yasunobu Asawa, Hiroyuki Nakamura
Summary: In this study, a palladium-catalyzed N-H/B-H double activation of 1,2-dihydro-1,2-benzazaborines proceeded via cycloaddition with vinyl ethylene carbonate to produce polycyclic oxazaborolidines in moderate to high yields. Chiral oxazaborolidines were synthesized using a SPINOL-derived phosphoramidite as a chiral ligand, showing excellent enantioselectivity. The resulting oxazaborolidines demonstrated good stability in various carbon-carbon coupling reactions.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Fei Tian, Wu-Lin Yang, Tao Ni, Jian Zhang, Wei-Ping Deng
Summary: The development of efficient methods for synthesizing chiral polycyclic indoles is crucial for their wide applications in medicines, pesticides, and other functional molecules. The study revealed novel indolyl substituted metal-allyl zwitterionic intermediates that could participate in asymmetric cycloaddition reactions with high selectivities, leading to the synthesis of diverse chiral polycyclic indoles.
SCIENCE CHINA-CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Kristina Plevova, Peter Kisszekelyi, Denisa Vargova, Samuel Andrejcak, Viktor Toth, LukaS Fertal, Erik Rakovsky, Juraj Filo, Radovan Sebesta
Summary: This study demonstrates the diastereoselective double C-H heteroarylation of chiral ferrocenes using Pd-complexes with chiral mono-protected amino acids, resulting in a variety of functionalized compounds. The absolute configurations of CH-activation products were confirmed using X-ray crystallographic analysis and CD spectroscopy, while insights into the reaction mechanism and stereoinduction were provided by F-19 NMR kinetic study and DFT calculations.
CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Kai Wang, Xiangfeng Lin, Yan Liu, Can Li
Summary: This study presents a novel catalytic asymmetric [4+2] cycloaddition reaction, achieved through direct allylic C-H functionalization with high diastereoselectivities and enantioselectivities to synthesize hydroquinolines.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Andrew Whyte, Jonathan Bajohr, Ramon Arora, Alexa Torelli, Mark Lautens
Summary: An enantioselective consecutive cyclization/coupling process catalyzed by palladium was reported in this study. The stereoinduction was achieved through an enantioselective carbopalladation, leading to the generation of an intermediate that promotes a nucleopalladation step. This dual cyclization sequence was compatible with various nucleophiles and aryl iodides, producing numerous bisheterocycles in good yields and high regio- and enantioselectivities.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yu-Qing Xiao, Miao-Miao Li, Zheng-Xin Zhou, Yu-Jie Li, Meng-Yue Cao, Xiao-Peng Liu, Hai-Hua Lu, Li Rao, Liang-Qiu Lu, Andre M. Beauchemin, Wen-Jing Xiao
Summary: This article describes a palladium-catalyzed highly diastereo- and enantioselective (3+2) cycloaddition reaction, which successfully synthesizes a variety of chiral five-membered heterocycles. The key to the success of this reaction is the remote stereoinduction through hydrogen bond, addressing the challenge of generating chiral quaternary stereocenters using substrates with two different acceptors.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Doohyun Baek, Huijeong Ryu, Hyungwoo Hahm, Junseong Lee, Sukwon Hong
Summary: A highly enantioselective route to beta-quaternary (5-lactams) was described using palladium/pyridine-dihydroisoquinoline (PyDHIQ)-catalyzed conjugate arylations. The effect of pi-interactions on the enantioselectivity was elucidated, and the PyDHIQ ligand was found to play a crucial role in determining the enantioselectivity through attractive noncovalent interactions with substrates. The methodology was successfully applied to the asymmetric formal synthesis of (-)-picenadol.
Review
Chemistry, Applied
Ricardo Toran, Ruben Miguelez, Amparo Sanz-Marco, Carlos Vila, Jose R. Pedro, Gonzalo Blay
Summary: Five-membered heterocycles bearing an exocyclic double bond have been used successfully as substrates in asymmetric addition and cycloaddition reactions. Ylidene-heterocycles are attractive substrates due to their high functionalization and presence of an electrophilic conjugated exocyclic double bond.
ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yulin Han, Anni Qin, Qian Zhang, Xue Zhang, Hui Qian, Shengming Ma
Summary: The Rh-catalyzed reaction allows for the efficient synthesis of cis-fused bicyclic products with excellent selectivity and tolerance towards synthetically useful functional groups. The proposed mechanism involves the rapid racemization of the allene moiety in the starting materials.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Malte S. Mikus, Sebastian Torker, Chaofan Xu, Bo Li, Amir H. Hoveyda
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chaofan Xu, Zhenxing Liu, Sebastian Torker, Xiao Shen, Dongmin Xu, Amir H. Hoveyda
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2017)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chaofan Xu, Xiao Shen, Amir H. Hoveyda
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2017)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xiao-Fei Yang, Xiao-Hui Li, Chang-Hua Ding, Chao-Fan Xu, Li-Xin Dai, Xue-Long Hou
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2014)
Article
Chemistry, Organic
Yang Yu, Xiao-Fei Yang, Chao-Fan Xu, Chang-Hua Ding, Xue-Long Hou
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Zhenxing Liu, Chaofan Xu, Juan del Pozo, Sebastian Torker, Amir H. Hoveyda
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2019)