The dehydroxylative functionalization of alcohols is synthetic appealing, but it remains a long-term challenge in the synthetic community. Low-valent ......
A copper-catalyzed oxydifluoroalkylation of beta,gamma-unsaturated oximes has been developed. This reaction proceeded through a cascade of difluoroalk......
A radical nitrohalogenation/cyclization of various enynes with tert-butyl nitrite has been developed that conveniently introduces useful nitro and hal......
A ligand-free palladium-catalyzed carbonylation of vinyl iodides with arylboronic adds, permitting the synthesis of chalcones and a-branched enones, h......
Organobromine compounds are extremely useful in organic synthesis. In this perspective, a focused discussion on some recent advancements in C-Br bond-......
Herein, NiCl2 is employed as a cheap precatalyst in the formation of C(sp(2))-P bond via cross-coupling reaction of phenol derivatives and phosphine o......
During the past two decades, gold-catalyzed nitrene-transfer reactions via alpha-imino gold carbenes have received extensive attention, as this strate......
Transition-metal-catalyzed cross-coupling has emerged as one of the most powerful and useful tools for the formation of C-C and C-heteroatom bonds. Gi......
Two approaches involving intramolecular and intermolecular cyclization, respectively, have been developed for the direct and practical construction of......
Enantioselective synthesis of cyclobutane derivatives is still a challenging topic in asymmetric synthesis. [2+2] Cycloaddition and skeleton rearrange......
Deuterium incorporation can effectively stabilize the chiral centers of drug and agrochemical candidates that hampered by rapid in vivo racemization. ......
A new method was developed for the synthesis of spiro[azepane-4,3'-indol]-2'(1'H)-ones in yields of up to 96% with a broad substrate scope by using ox......
The application of uranyl salts as powerful photoredox catalysts in chemical transformations lags behind the advances achieved in thermocatalysis and ......
Magnesium (Mg) is a cheap, non-toxic, and recyclable alkaline earth metal that constitutes about 2% weight in the Earth's crust. The use of magnesium ......