The development of catalytic nucleophilic substitution reactions: challenges, progress and future directions

Recyclable Mitsunobu Reagents: Catalytic Mitsunobu Reactions with an Iron Catalyst and Atmospheric Oxygen

(2013) Daisuke Hirose et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Breaking the Ring through a Room Temperature Catalytic Wittig Reaction

(2013) Christopher J. O'Brien et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Phosphorus(V)-catalyzed deoxydichlorination reactions of aldehydes

(2013) Jie An et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Organophosphorus-Catalysed Staudinger Reduction

(2012) Henri A. van Kalkeren et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Boronic Acid Catalysis as a Mild and Versatile Strategy for Direct Carbo- and Heterocyclizations of Free Allylic Alcohols

(2012) Hongchao Zheng et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Direct, Enantioselective Iridium-Catalyzed Allylic Amination of Racemic Allylic Alcohols

(2012) Marc Lafrance et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Cover Picture: Champagne and Fireworks:Angewandte ChemieCelebrates Its Birthday (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1/2013)

(2012) Peter Gölitz   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Identification of a key intermediate in the asymmetric Appel process: one pot stereoselective synthesis of P-stereogenic phosphines and phosphine boranes from racemic phosphine oxides

(2012) Kamalraj V. Rajendran et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Direct evidence of a multicentre halogen bond: unexpected contraction of the P–XXX–P fragment in triphenylphosphine dihalides

(2012) Kirill Nikitin et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A U-Turn in the Asymmetric Appel Reaction: Stereospecific Reduction of Diastereomerically Enriched Alkoxyphosphonium Salts Allows the Asymmetric Synthesis of P-Stereogenic Phosphanes and Phosphane Boranes

(2012) Kamalraj V. Rajendran et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Main Group Redox Catalysis: Reversible PIII/PV Redox Cycling at a Phosphorus Platform

(2012) Nicole L. Dunn et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A convenient and mild chromatography-free method for the purification of the products of Wittig and Appel reactions

(2012) Peter A. Byrne et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Cyclopropenone Catalyzed Substitution of Alcohols with Mesylate Ion

(2012) Eric D. Nacsa et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Phosphonium salt-catalysed synthesis of nitriles from in situ activated oximes

(2012) Ross M. Denton et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Development of a Catalytic Platform for Nucleophilic Substitution: Cyclopropenone-Catalyzed Chlorodehydration of Alcohols

(2011) Christine M. Vanos et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Simple unprecedented conversion of phosphine oxides and sulfides to phosphine boranes using sodium borohydride

(2011) Kamalraj V. Rajendran et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

In Situ Phosphine Oxide Reduction: A Catalytic Appel Reaction

(2011) Henri A. van Kalkeren et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Catalytic Phosphorus(V)-Mediated Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions: Development of a Catalytic Appel Reaction

(2011) Ross M. Denton et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Visible-light-mediated conversion of alcohols to halides

(2011) Chunhui Dai et al.   Nature Chemistry

Cyclopropenium-Activated Cyclodehydration of Diols

(2011) Brendan D. Kelly et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

An Efficient and General Synthesis of Primary Amines by Ruthenium-Catalyzed Amination of Secondary Alcohols with Ammonia

(2010) Sebastian Imm et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Direct Amination of Secondary Alcohols Using Ammonia

(2010) Dennis Pingen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Iridium-catalysed amine alkylation with alcohols in water

(2010) Ourida Saidi et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Phosphine oxide-catalysed chlorination reactions of alcohols under Appel conditions

(2010) Ross M. Denton et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Visible light photoredox catalysis: applications in organic synthesis

(2010) Jagan M. R. Narayanam et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Selective Ruthenium-Catalyzed N-Alkylation of Indoles by Using Alcohols

(2010) Sebastian Bähn et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Phosphine-Catalyzed Reductions of Alkyl Silyl Peroxides by Titanium Hydride Reducing Agents: Development of the Method and Mechanistic Investigations

(2010) Jason R. Harris et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution via Aromatic Cation Activation of Carboxylic Acids: Rapid Generation of Acid Chlorides under Mild Conditions

(2010) David J. Hardee et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Catalysis of Phosphorus(V)-Mediated Transformations: Dichlorination Reactions of Epoxides Under Appel Conditions

(2010) Ross M. Denton et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Cyclopropenium-activated Beckmann rearrangement. Catalysis versus self-propagation in reported organocatalytic Beckmann rearrangements

(2010) Christine M. Vanos et al.   Chemical Science

Synthesis of Selectively Mono-N-Arylated Aliphatic DiaminesviaIridium-Catalyzed Amine Alkylation

(2009) Benoît Blank et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Recycling the Waste: The Development of a Catalytic Wittig Reaction

(2009) Christopher J. O'Brien et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Selective Amine Cross-Coupling Using Iridium-Catalyzed “Borrowing Hydrogen” Methodology

(2009) Ourida Saidi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Mitsunobu and Related Reactions: Advances and Applications

(2009) K. C. Kumara Swamy et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Selective Iridium-Catalyzed Alkylation of (Hetero)Aromatic Amines and Diamines with Alcohols under Mild Reaction Conditions

(2009) Benoît Blank et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Ruthenium-catalyzed Selective Monoamination of Vicinal Diols

(2009) Sebastian Bähn et al.   ChemSusChem

Aromatic Cation Activation of Alcohols: Conversion to Alkyl Chlorides Using Dichlorodiphenylcyclopropene

(2009) Brendan D. Kelly et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Ruthenium-CatalyzedN-Alkylation of Amines and Sulfonamides Using Borrowing Hydrogen Methodology

(2009) M. Haniti S. A. Hamid et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesizing our future

(2009) Ryoji Noyori   Nature Chemistry

A New Atom-Economical and Selective Synthesis of Secondary and Tertiary Alkylamines by Means of Cp*Iridium Complex Catalyzed Multiple N-Alkylation of Ammonium Salts with Alcohols without Solvent

(2009) Ryohei Yamaguchi et al.   SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART

Electroreduction of triphenylphosphine dichloride and the efficient one-pot reductive conversion of phosphine oxide to triphenylphosphine

(2009) Tomotake Yano et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

An Efficient Method for the Selective Iridium-Catalyzed Monoalkylation of (Hetero)aromatic Amines with Primary Alcohols

(2008) Benoît Blank et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Catalytic Carbonyl Addition through Transfer Hydrogenation: A Departure from Preformed Organometallic Reagents

(2008) John F. Bower et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Salt-Free Synthesis of Tertiary Amines by Ruthenium-Catalyzed Amination of Alcohols

(2008) Annegret Tillack et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Enantiocontrolled Synthesis of Polychlorinated Hydrocarbon Motifs: A Nucleophilic Multiple Chlorination Process Revisited

(2008) Takehiko Yoshimitsu et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Direct chlorination of alcohols with chlorodimethylsilane catalyzed by a gallium trichloride/tartrate system under neutral conditions

(2008) Makoto Yasuda et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Catalytic aza-Wittig Cyclizations for Heteroaromatic Synthesis

(2008) Stephen P. Marsden et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Green chemistry for chemical synthesis

(2008) C.-J. Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Selective Synthesis of Secondary and Tertiary Amines by Cp*Iridium-Catalyzed Multialkylation of Ammonium Salts with Alcohols

(2007) Ryohei Yamaguchi et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Cp∗Ir-catalyzed N-alkylation of amines with alcohols. A versatile and atom economical method for the synthesis of amines

(2007) Ken-ichi Fujita et al.   TETRAHEDRON