Cyanoacetic Acid as a Masked Electrophile: Transition-Metal-Free Cyanomethylation of Amines and Carboxylic Acids

Copper-Catalyzed Cyanomethylation of Allylic Alcohols with Concomitant 1,2-Aryl Migration: Efficient Synthesis of Functionalized Ketones Containing an α-Quaternary Center

(2015) Ala Bunescu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Combination of fluoroalkylation and Kornblum–DeLaMare reaction: a new strategy for the construction of (Z)-β-perfluoroalkyl enaminones

(2015) Chunmei Liu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Transition-metal-free decarboxylation of dimethyl malonate: an efficient construction of α-amino acid esters using TBAI/TBHP

(2015) Jie Zhang et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Fe-promoted radical cyanomethylation/arylation of arylacrylamides to access oxindoles via cleavage of the sp3 C–H of acetonitrile and the sp2 C–H of the phenyl group

(2015) Changduo Pan et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Two-Step Cyanomethylation Protocol: Convenient Access to Functionalized Aryl- and Heteroarylacetonitriles

(2015) Peter J. Lindsay-Scott et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Perfluorobutyl iodide-assisted direct cyanomethylation of azoles and phenols with acetonitrile

(2015) Juan Zhang et al.   RSC Advances

Visible Light-Induced γ-Alkoxynitrile SynthesisviaThree- Component Alkoxycyanomethylation of Alkenes

(2014) Hong Yi et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

The Synthesis of α-Azidoesters and Geminal Triazides

(2014) Philipp Klahn et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Radical cascade cyanomethylation of activated alkenes to construct cyano substituted oxindoles

(2014) Juan Li et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Copper-Mediated/Catalyzed Oxyalkylation of Alkenes with Alkylnitriles

(2014) Ala Bunescu et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Addition to Isatins to give 3-Hydroxy-2-oxindoles by C-H Activation

(2014) Tao Deng et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Carboxylic Acids as A Traceless Activation Group for Conjugate Additions: A Three-Step Synthesis of (±)-Pregabalin

(2014) Lingling Chu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Rhodium-Catalyzed Chemo- and Regioselective Decarboxylative Addition of β-Ketoacids to Allenes: Efficient Construction of Tertiary and Quaternary Carbon Centers

(2014) Changkun Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Decarboxylative Allylation of Amino Alkanoic Acids and Esters via Dual Catalysis

(2014) Simon B. Lang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Organocatalytic asymmetric decarboxylative cyanomethylation of isatins using l-proline derived bifunctional thiourea

(2014) V. Pratap Reddy Gajulapalli et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Cyclic Aldimines as Superior Electrophiles for Cu-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Mannich Reaction of β-Ketoacids with a Broad Scope and High Enantioselectivity

(2014) Heng-Xia Zhang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Copper-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative Coupling of Aromatic Alcohols and Acetonitrile to β-Ketonitriles

(2014) Jiaxuan Shen et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Iron-Catalyzed Generation of α-Amino Nitriles from Tertiary Amines

(2013) Alexander Wagner et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Synthesis of Aryl Ethers from Benzoates through Carboxylate-Directed CH-Activating Alkoxylation with Concomitant Protodecarboxylation

(2013) Sukalyan Bhadra et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A Robust Nickel Catalyst for Cyanomethylation of Aldehydes: Activation of Acetonitrile under Base-Free Conditions

(2013) Sumit Chakraborty et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A heterogeneous palladium catalyst hybridised with a titanium dioxide photocatalyst for direct C–C bond formation between an aromatic ring and acetonitrile

(2013) Hisao Yoshida et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Catalytic Enantioselective Decarboxylative Cyanoalkylation of Imines by Using Palladium Pincer Complexes withC2-Symmetric Chiral Bis(imidazoline)s

(2013) Kengo Hyodo et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Nucleophilic Attack of α-Aminoalkyl Radicals on CarbonNitrogen Triple Bonds to Construct α-Amino Nitriles: An Experimental and Computational Study

(2013) Chao Zhang et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Chitosan: a highly efficient renewable and recoverable bio-polymer catalyst for the expeditious synthesis of α-amino nitriles and imines under mild conditions

(2013) Mohammad G. Dekamin et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Iodide-Catalyzed Synthesis of N-Nitrosamines via C–N Cleavage of Nitromethane

(2013) Jie Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Novel amino acids: synthesis of furoxan and sydnonimine containing amino acids and peptides as potential nitric oxide releasing motifs

(2013) Andrew Nortcliffe et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Copper-Catalyzed Oxidative Decarboxylative Couplings of Sulfoximines and Aryl Propiolic Acids

(2013) Daniel L. Priebbenow et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

A New Strategy for the Construction of α-Amino Acid Esters via Decarboxylation

(2013) Jie Zhang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Palladium-Catalyzed sp2 and sp3 C–H Bond Activation and Addition to Isatin toward 3-Hydroxy-2-oxindoles

(2013) Gang-Wei Wang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Direct Synthesis of β-Hydroxy-α-amino Acids via Diastereoselective Decarboxylative Aldol Reaction

(2013) Yuttapong Singjunla et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Nucleophilic Addition of α-(Dimethylsilyl)nitriles to Aldehydes and Ketones

(2013) Takaaki Jinzaki et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Synthesis of α-aminonitriles under mild catalytic, metal-free conditions

(2013) Baskar Nammalwar et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Tandem Heck/Decarboxylation/Heck Strategy: Protecting-Group-Free Synthesis of Symmetric and Unsymmetric Hydroxylated Stilbenoids

(2012) Amit Shard et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Cross Coupling of Acyl and Aminyl Radicals: Direct Synthesis of Amides Catalyzed by Bu4NI with TBHP as an Oxidant

(2012) Zhaojun Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Iron-Catalyzed Oxidative Amidation of Tertiary Amines with Aldehydes

(2012) Yuanming Li et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Light-Mediated Heterogeneous Cross Dehydrogenative Coupling Reactions: Metal Oxides as Efficient, Recyclable, Photoredox Catalysts in CC Bond-Forming Reactions

(2012) Magnus Rueping et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Decarboxylative Etherification of Aromatic Carboxylic Acids

(2012) Sukalyan Bhadra et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Tetrabutylammonium Iodide Catalyzed Synthesis of Allylic Ester with tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide as an Oxidant

(2012) Erbo Shi et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Azobisisobutyronitrile Initiated Aerobic Oxidative Transformation of Amines: Coupling of Primary Amines and Cyanation of Tertiary Amines

(2012) Lianghui Liu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

A Novel Approach to the Synthesis of α-Aminonitriles Using Triphenyl- phosphine Dibromide under Solvent-Free Conditions

(2012) Devdutt Chaturvedi et al.   SYNLETT

N-Heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed cyanomethylation of aldehydes with TMSAN

(2012) Ye-Cheng Fan et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Metal or ammonium alginates as Lewis base catalysts for the 1,2-addition of silyl nucleophiles to carbonyl compounds

(2012) Cécile Verrier et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Highly Efficient Assembly of 3-Hydroxy Oxindole Scaffold via a Catalytic Decarboxylative [1,2]-Addition Strategy

(2012) Qiao Ren et al.   ACS Catalysis

Recyclable Ru/C catalyzed oxidative cyanation of tertiary amines with TBHP

(2012) K. Harsha Vardhan Reddy et al.   RSC Advances

Migratory Decarboxylative Coupling of Coumarins: Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects

(2011) Ranjan Jana et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative CH Bond Arylation of Thiophenes

(2011) Peng Hu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis of α-Aryl Nitriles through Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Coupling of Cyanoacetate Salts with Aryl Halides and Triflates

(2011) Rui Shang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Arylalkylation of Activated Alkenes: Dual CH Bond Cleavage of an Arene and Acetonitrile

(2011) Tao Wu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis of tert-butyl peresters from aldehydes by Bu4NI-catalyzed metal-free oxidation and its combination with the Kharasch–Sosnovsky reaction

(2011) Wei Wei et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Decarboxylative benzylation and arylation of nitriles

(2011) Antonio Recio et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Bu4NI-Catalyzed CO Bond Formation by Using a Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling (CDC) Reaction

(2011) Long Chen et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Palladium-Catalyzed Cyanomethylation of Aryl Halides through Domino Suzuki Coupling–Isoxazole Fragmentation

(2011) Juraj Velcicky et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Collective synthesis of natural products by means of organocascade catalysis

(2011) Spencer B. Jones et al.   NATURE

Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Arylation of Potassium Cyanoacetate: Synthesis of α-Diaryl Nitriles from Aryl Halides

(2011) Pui Yee Yeung et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Functionally Diverse Nucleophilic Trapping of Iminium Intermediates Generated Utilizing Visible Light

(2011) David B. Freeman et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Direct Condensation of Sulfonamide and Formamide: NaI-Catalyzed Synthesis ofN-Sulfonyl Formamidine Using TBHP as Oxidant

(2011) Shulin Chen et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Cu(I)-catalyzed decarboxylative aldol-type and Mannich-type reactions for asymmetric construction of contiguous trisubstituted and quaternary stereocenters

(2011) Liang Yin et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Iron oligopyridine complexes as efficient catalysts for practical oxidation of arenes, alkanes, tertiary amines and N-acyl cyclic amines with Oxone

(2011) Peng Liu et al.   Chemical Science

Gold-complexes catalyzed oxidative α-cyanation of tertiary amines

(2010) Yan Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Nucleophilic substitution of hydrogen in electron-deficient arenes, a general process of great practical value

(2010) Mieczysław Mąkosza   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Iron catalyzed oxidative cyanation of tertiary amines

(2009) Wei Han et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Nucleophile Generation via Decarboxylation: Asymmetric Construction of Contiguous Trisubstituted and Quaternary Stereocenters through a Cu(I)-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Mannich-Type Reaction

(2009) Liang Yin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Regiospecific Decarboxylative Allylation of Nitriles

(2009) Antonio Recio et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Ruthenium-Catalyzed Oxidative Cyanation of Tertiary Amines with Molecular Oxygen or Hydrogen Peroxide and Sodium Cyanide: sp3C−H Bond Activation and Carbon−Carbon Bond Formation

(2008) Shun-Ichi Murahashi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Catalytic cyanomethylation of carbonyl compounds and imines with highly basic phosphine

(2008) Satoru Matsukawa et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS