Bifunctional reagents in organic synthesis

Chiral Aluminum-Controlled Ni-catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of Indenes via C−CN Bond Activation

(2020) Tao Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

CF3SO2Na Acted as a Bifunctional Reagent: Electrochemical Trifluoromethylation of Alkenes Accompanied by SO2-Insertion to Access Trifluoromethylated Cyclic N-Sulfonylimines

(2020) Wei-Wei Liao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis of Tribenzo[b,d,f]azepines via Cascade π-Extended Decarboxylative Annulation Involving Cyclic Diaryliodonium Salts

(2020) Tao Hu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Enantioselective Synthesis of Axially Chiral Biaryls via Copper-Catalyzed Thiolation of Cyclic Diaryliodonium Salts

(2020) Kai Zhu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

When Light Meets Nitrogen-Centered Radicals: From Reagents to Catalysts

(2020) Xiao-Ye Yu et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Visible‐Light‐Enabled Trifluoromethylative Pyridylation of Alkenes from Pyridines and Triflic Anhydride

(2020) Kangjae Lee et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Three-Component, Interrupted Radical Heck/Allylic Substitution Cascade Involving Unactivated Alkyl Bromides

(2020) Huan-Ming Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Fluoroalkanesulfinate Salts as Dual Fluoroalkyl and SO2 Sources: Atom-Economical Fluoroalkyl-Sulfonylation of Alkenes and Alkynes by Photoredox Catalysis

(2020) Seiya Tanaka et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

A practical access to fluoroalkylthio(seleno)-functionalized bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes

(2020) Zhen Wu et al.   Science China-Chemistry

Catalytic radical generation of π-allylpalladium complexes

(2020) Huan-Ming Huang et al.   Nature Catalysis

Visible-Light-Enabled Ortho-Selective Aminopyridylation of Alkenes with N-Aminopyridinium Ylides

(2020) Yonghoon Moon et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The importance of synthetic chemistry in the pharmaceutical industry

(2019) Kevin R. Campos et al.   SCIENCE

Copper-Catalyzed Oxy-aminomethylation of Diazo Compounds with N,O-Acetals

(2019) Jianliang Yu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Nickel-Catalyzed Carbofluoroalkylation of 1,3-Enynes to Access Structurally Diverse Fluoroalkylated Allenes

(2019) Kai-Fan Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Site-Selective Functionalization of Pyridinium Derivatives via Visible Light Driven Photocatalysis with Quinolinone

(2019) Inwon Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enantioselective Synthesis of Axially Chiral Biaryls via Cu-Catalyzed Acyloxylation of Cyclic Diaryliodonium Salts

(2019) Kai Zhu et al.   ACS Catalysis

Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective Ring-Opening of Cyclic Diaryliodoniums and O-Alkylhydroxylamines

(2019) Qigang Li et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Electrochemical Oxidative Cross-Coupling with Hydrogen Evolution Reactions

(2019) Yong Yuan et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Chemistry with Electrochemically Generated N-Centered Radicals

(2019) Peng Xiong et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Silaboration of [1.1.1]Propellane: A Storable Feedstock for Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane Derivatives

(2019) Masaki Kondo et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Copper-Catalyzed Amino-oxymethylation of Ynamides with N,O-Acetals

(2019) Jianliang Yu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Visible-Light-Induced Remote C(sp3)–H Pyridylation of Sulfonamides and Carboxamides

(2019) Namhoon Kim et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Cascade π-Extended Decarboxylative Annulation Involving Cyclic Diaryliodonium Salts: Site-Selective Synthesis of Phenanthridines and Benzocarbazoles via a Traceless Directing Group Strategy

(2019) Zenghui Ye et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Visible light induced alkene aminopyridylation using N-aminopyridinium salts as bifunctional reagents

(2019) Yonghoon Moon et al.   Nature Communications

Enantioselective Ring-Opening/Oxidative Phosphorylation and P-Transfer Reaction of Cyclic Diaryliodoniums

(2019) Longhui Duan et al.   ACS Catalysis

Reactivity Tuning for Radical–Radical Cross-Coupling via Selective Photocatalytic Energy Transfer: Access to Amine Building Blocks

(2019) Vineet Kumar Soni et al.   ACS Catalysis

Site-Selective C–H Acylation of Pyridinium Derivatives by Photoredox Catalysis

(2019) Sungwoo Jung et al.   ACS Catalysis

The emergence of Pd-mediated reversible oxidative addition in cross coupling, carbohalogenation and carbonylation reactions

(2019) David J. Jones et al.   Nature Catalysis

A Survival Guide for the “Electro-curious”

(2019) Cian Kingston et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Photochemical Carbopyridylation of Alkenes Using N -Alkenoxypyridinium Salts as Bifunctional Reagents

(2019) Gangadhar Rao Mathi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Photosensitized Intermolecular Carboimination of Alkenes through the Persistent Radical Effect

(2019) Tuhin Patra et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Copper-Catalyzed Oxyalkynylation of C–S Bonds in Thiiranes and Thiethanes with Hypervalent Iodine Reagents

(2019) Julien Borrel et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Diastereodivergent synthesis of enantioenriched α,β-disubstituted γ-butyrolactones via cooperative N-heterocyclic carbene and Ir catalysis

(2019) Santanu Singha et al.   Nature Catalysis

The Xanthate Route to Ketones: When the Radical Is Better than the Enolate

(2018) Samir Z. Zard   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Remote Central-to-Axial Chirality Conversion: Direct Atroposelective Ester to Biaryl Transformation

(2018) Achim Link et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Direct Transformation of Esters into Heterocyclic Fluorophores

(2018) Christian Fischer et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Pd Metal Catalysts for Cross-Couplings and Related Reactions in the 21st Century: A Critical Review

(2018) Andrea Biffis et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Highly Enantioselective [5 + 2] Annulations through Cooperative N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Organocatalysis and Palladium Catalysis

(2018) Santanu Singha et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Palladium and Lewis-Acid-Catalyzed Intramolecular Aminocyanation of Alkenes: Scope, Mechanism, and Stereoselective Alkene Difunctionalizations

(2018) Zhongda Pan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Redox-Neutral Photocatalytic Cyclopropanation via Radical/Polar Crossover

(2018) James P. Phelan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Cu-Catalyzed Enantioselective Ring Opening of Cyclic Diaryliodoniums toward the Synthesis of Chiral Diarylmethanes

(2018) Bin Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Organic synthesis provides opportunities to transform drug discovery

(2018) David C. Blakemore et al.   Nature Chemistry

Enhanced Reactivity by Torsional Strain of Cyclic Diaryliodonium in Cu-Catalyzed Enantioselective Ring-Opening Reaction

(2018) Kun Zhao et al.   Chem

Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Ring-Opening of Cyclic Diaryliodonium with Benzylic and Aliphatic Amines

(2018) Shibo Xu et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Intramolecular Aryl Migration of Diaryliodonium Salts: Access to ortho -Iodo Diaryl Ethers

(2018) Huangguan Chen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Intermolecular Carboamination of Unactivated Alkenes

(2018) Yu Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Cu-Catalyzed Enantioselective Atropisomer Synthesis via Thiolative Ring Opening of Five-Membered Cyclic Diaryliodoniums

(2018) Mengqing Hou et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Formal group insertion into aryl C‒N bonds through an aromaticity destruction-reconstruction process

(2018) Dandan Han et al.   Nature Communications

Atom Transfer Radical Addition to Alkynes and Enynes: A Versatile Gold/Photoredox Approach to Thio-Functionalized Vinylsulfones

(2018) Haoyu Li et al.   ACS Catalysis

Visible-Light-Induced Pyridylation of Remote C(sp3 )−H Bonds by Radical Translocation of N-Alkoxypyridinium Salts

(2018) Inwon Kim et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis and Application of Cyclic Diaryliodonium Salts: A Platform for Bifunctionalization in a Single Step

(2017) Nachiketa Chatterjee et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Synthesis of Triarylamines via Sequential C–N Bond Formation

(2017) Sachin G. Modha et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Enantioselective Copper-Catalyzed Oxy-Alkynylation of Diazo Compounds

(2017) Durga Prasad Hari et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Regio- and Stereoselective Radical Perfluoroalkyltriflation of Alkynes Using Phenyl(perfluoroalkyl)iodonium Triflates

(2017) Xi Wang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Dual gold and photoredox catalysis: visible light-mediated intermolecular atom transfer thiosulfonylation of alkenes

(2017) Haoyu Li et al.   Chemical Science

Radical cascade reactions triggered by single electron transfer

(2017) Mateusz P. Plesniak et al.   Nature Reviews Chemistry

Single-Electron Transmetalation via Photoredox/Nickel Dual Catalysis: Unlocking a New Paradigm for sp3–sp2 Cross-Coupling

(2016) John C. Tellis et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Unnatural Amino Acid Synthesis Enabled by the Regioselective Cobalt(III)-Catalyzed Intermolecular Carboamination of Alkenes

(2016) Andreas Lerchen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Gold-Catalyzed Formal [4+1]/[4+3] Cycloadditions of Diazo Esters with Triazines

(2016) Chenghao Zhu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

PhSO2SCF2H: A Shelf-Stable, Easily Scalable Reagent for Radical Difluoromethylthiolation

(2016) Dianhu Zhu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Asymmetric Synthesis of Spirobenzazepinones with Atroposelectivity and Spiro-1,2-Diazepinones by NHC-Catalyzed [3+4] Annulation Reactions

(2016) Lei Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Applications of Palladium-Catalyzed C–N Cross-Coupling Reactions

(2016) Paula Ruiz-Castillo et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Dual Catalysis Strategies in Photochemical Synthesis

(2016) Kazimer L. Skubi et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Mild metal-catalyzed C–H activation: examples and concepts

(2016) T. Gensch et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Cu/Pd-Catalyzed Cascade Reactions of Cyclic Diaryliodoniums and Alkynes - Access to Fluorenes with Conjugate Enynes/Dienes

(2016) Zhenquan Liu et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Copper-Catalyzed Double S-Arylation of Potassium Thioacetate with Dibenziodolium Triflates: Facile Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Dibenzothiophenes

(2016) Masaki Shimizu et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Cooperative N-Heterocyclic Carbene/Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Umpolung Annulations

(2016) Chang Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Regio- and Stereoselective Cyanotriflation of Alkynes Using Aryl(cyano)iodonium Triflates

(2016) Xi Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Radicals: Reactive Intermediates with Translational Potential

(2016) Ming Yan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Convergent Synthesis of Enantiopure Open-Chain, Cyclic, and Fluorinated α-Amino Acids

(2016) Shi-Guang Li et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

A general alkyl-alkyl cross-coupling enabled by redox-active esters and alkylzinc reagents

(2016) T. Qin et al.   SCIENCE

Direct Transformation of Esters into Arenes with 1,5-Bifunctional Organomagnesium Reagents

(2015) Achim Link et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Catalysis of Radical Reactions: A Radical Chemistry Perspective

(2015) Armido Studer et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Trifluoromethylchlorosulfonylation of Alkenes: Evidence for an Inner-Sphere Mechanism by a Copper Phenanthroline Photoredox Catalyst

(2015) Dattatraya B. Bagal et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A mild carbon–boron bond formation from diaryliodonium salts

(2015) N. Miralles et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Oxidative Coupling between Two Hydrocarbons: An Update of Recent C–H Functionalizations

(2015) Chao Liu et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Relayed Regioselective Alkynylation/Olefination of Unsymmetrical Cyclic Diaryliodonium Species Catalyzed by Cu and Pd: Affording Fluorescent Cytotoxic Benzoxazoles

(2015) Daqian Zhu et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Applications of Fluorine in Medicinal Chemistry

(2015) Eric P. Gillis et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Radical Instability in Aid of Efficiency: A Powerful Route to Highly Functional MIDA Boronates

(2015) Béatrice Quiclet-Sire et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Atom-Economical Transformation of Diaryliodonium Salts: Tandem C–H and N–H Arylation of Indoles

(2015) Sachin G. Modha et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Palladium-Catalyzed Formal Insertion of Carbenoids into Aminals via C–N Bond Activation

(2015) Guiping Qin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Rhodium-catalysed syn-carboamination of alkenes via a transient directing group

(2015) Tiffany Piou et al.   NATURE

Chemistry: Why synthesize?

(2015) Philip Ball   NATURE

Pd catalyzed insertion of alkynes into cyclic diaryliodoniums: a direct access to multi-substituted phenanthrenes

(2015) Yongcheng Wu et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Visible-light-promoted chloramination of olefins with N-chlorosulfonamide as both nitrogen and chlorine sources

(2015) Qixue Qin et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Magnesiacyclopentadienes as Alkaline-Earth Metallacyclopentadienes: Facile Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Synthetic Application

(2014) Junnian Wei et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Palladium-Catalyzed Insertion of an Allene into an Aminal: Aminomethylamination of Allenes by CN Bond Activation

(2014) Jianhua Hu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Photo-Organocatalysis of Atom-Transfer Radical Additions to Alkenes

(2014) Elena Arceo et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Regioselective Radical Aminofluorination of Styrenes

(2014) Hongwei Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Intramolecular Aminocyanation of Alkenes by Cooperative Palladium/Boron Catalysis

(2014) Yosuke Miyazaki et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Palladium-Catalyzed Condensation of N-Aryl Imines and Alkynylbenziodoxolones To Form Multisubstituted Furans

(2014) Beili Lu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enantioselective Annulations for Dihydroquinolones by in Situ Generation of Azolium Enolates

(2014) Anna Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

An overview of N-heterocyclic carbenes

(2014) Matthew N. Hopkinson et al.   NATURE

Palladium catalyzed dual C–H functionalization of indoles with cyclic diaryliodoniums, an approach to ring fused carbazole derivatives

(2014) Yongcheng Wu et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Three-Component Pd/Cu-Catalyzed Cascade Reactions of Cyclic Iodoniums, Alkynes, and Boronic Acids: An Approach to Methylidenefluorenes

(2014) Daqian Zhu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Mild Cu(I)-Catalyzed Cascade Reaction of Cyclic Diaryliodoniums, Sodium Azide, and Alkynes: Efficient Synthesis of Triazolophenanthridines

(2014) Zhenquan Liu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Synthesis of CarbazolesviaOne-Pot Copper-Catalyzed Amine Insertion into Cyclic Diphenyleneiodoniums as a Strategy to Generate a Drug-Like Chemical Library

(2013) Daqian Zhu et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed [4+3] Annulation of Enals ando-Quinone Methides: Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of Benzo-ε-Lactones

(2013) Hui Lv et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Palladium-catalyzed synthesis of N-arylated carbazoles using anilines and cyclic diaryliodonium salts

(2013) Stefan Riedmüller et al.   Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry

Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis with Transition Metal Complexes: Applications in Organic Synthesis

(2013) Christopher K. Prier et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

A Dual Lewis Base Activation Strategy for Enantioselective Carbene-Catalyzed Annulations

(2013) Javier Izquierdo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Copper-Catalyzed Electrophilic Carbofunctionalization of Alkynes to Highly Functionalized Tetrasubstituted Alkenes

(2013) Marcos G. Suero et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling: A Historical Contextual Perspective to the 2010 Nobel Prize

(2012) Carin C. C. Johansson Seechurn et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

[Cu(dap)2Cl] As an Efficient Visible-Light-Driven Photoredox Catalyst in Carbon-Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions

(2012) Michael Pirtsch et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Ireland–Coates Claisen Rearrangement: Synthesis of Functionalized β-Lactones

(2012) Lisa Candish et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Intramolecular Oxycyanation of Alkenes by Cooperative Pd/BPh3 Catalysis

(2012) Dennis C. Koester et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Visible Light-Mediated Atom Transfer Radical Addition via Oxidative and Reductive Quenching of Photocatalysts

(2012) Carl-Johan Wallentin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

N-Heterocyclic Carbene and Brønsted Acid Cooperative Catalysis: Asymmetric Synthesis oftrans-γ-Lactams

(2011) Xiaodan Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Intermolecular Atom Transfer Radical Addition to Olefins Mediated by Oxidative Quenching of Photoredox Catalysts

(2011) John D. Nguyen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

1,4-Dilithio-1,3-dienes: Reaction and Synthetic Applications

(2010) Zhenfeng Xi   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Efficient Carboazidation of Alkenes Using a Radical Desulfonylative Azide Transfer Process

(2010) Karin Weidner et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Nickel/Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Cyanoesterification and Cyanocarbamoylation of Alkynes

(2010) Yasuhiro Hirata et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Heteroatom-Directed Alkylcyanation of Alkynes

(2010) Yoshiaki Nakao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Palladium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Aminofluorination of Styrenes

(2010) Shuifa Qiu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Cooperative catalysis by carbenes and Lewis acids in a highly stereoselective route to γ-lactams

(2010) Dustin E. A. Raup et al.   Nature Chemistry

Fun with radicals: Some new perspectives for organic synthesis

(2010) Béatrice Quiclet-Sire et al.   PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY

Nickel-Catalyzed Carbocyanation of Alkynes with Allyl Cyanides

(2009) Yasuhiro Hirata et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis at the molecular frontier

(2009) Paul A. Wender et al.   NATURE

Protecting-group-free synthesis as an opportunity for invention

(2009) Ian S. Young et al.   Nature Chemistry

Chemistry of Polyvalent Iodine

(2008) Viktor V. Zhdankin et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Atom transfer radical addition and polymerization reactions catalyzed by ppm amounts of copper complexes

(2008) Tomislav Pintauer et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Diverse Reactions of 1,4-Dilithio-1,3-dienes with Nitriles: Facile Access to Tricyclic Δ1-Bipyrrolines, Multiply Substituted Pyridines, Siloles, and (Z,Z)-Dienylsilanes by Tuning of Substituents on the Butadienyl Skeleton

(2008) Nan Yu et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Asymmetric Intramolecular Arylcyanation of Unactivated Olefins via C−CN Bond Activation

(2008) Mary P. Watson et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enantioselective, NHC-Catalyzed Bicyclo-β-Lactam Formation via Direct Annulations of Enals and UnsaturatedN-Sulfonyl Ketimines

(2007) Ming He et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY