"Designer"-Surfactant-Enabled Cross-Couplings in at Room Temperature
New methodologies are discussed that allow for several commonly used transition-metal-catalyzed coupling reactions to be conducted within aqueous micellar nanoparticles at ambient temperatures.
Formation of C-C Bonds via Catalytic Hydrogenation and Transfer Hydrogenation: Vinylation, Allylation, and Enolate Addition of Carbonyl Compounds and Imines
Discovering New Reactions with N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis
Iterative Cross-Couplng with MIDA Boronates: Towards a General Platform for Small Molecule Synthesis
Copper-, Silver-, and Gold-Catalyzed Migratory Cycloisomerizations Leading to Heterocyclic Five-Membered Rings
Asymmetric -Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Catalyzed Acyl Anion Reactivity
Peroxide-Mediated Wacker Oxidations for Organic Synthesis
Catalytic C-C Bond Formation and the Hendricksonian Ideal: Atom- and Redox-Economy, Stereo- and Site-Selectivity
Photocatalytic C-F Reduction and Functionalization
Functionalized polyfluorinated aromatics have become an important group of molecules for pharmaceutical and industrial applications. However, facile access to such valuable molecules remains an unmet challenge. In this review, we present and discuss photocatalytic C-F functionalization, which is emerging as a straightforward and operationally simple path to access partially fluorinated aromatics.
Nucleophilic Chiral Phosphines: Powerful and Versatile Catalysts for Asymmetric Annulations
Recent advances in chiral-phosphine-catalyzed asymmetric annulation reactions; including annulations of allenes, alkynes, Morita-Baylis-Hillman (MBH) carbonates, and ketenes; and their applications in the synthesis of bioactive molecules and natural products are reviewed.
Phenothiazines, Dihydrophenazines, and Phenoxazines: Sustainable Alternatives to Precious-Metal-Based Photoredox Catalysts
The application of photoredox catalysis to atom-transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) has resulted in the development of strongly reducing organic photoredox catalysts (PCs) that are some of the most reducing catalysts known. The objectives of this review are to highlight these PCs with regard to their development and applications in polymer and organic synthesis, as well illuminate aspects of these PCs that remain to be studied further.
