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Nickel‐Catalysed syn‐Selective Arylnickelation and Cyclisation of Ketone/Imine‐Tethered Terminal Alkynes with Arylboronic Acids (2024)
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Herein we report a syn-arylnickelative cyclisation with ketone- and imine-tethered terminal alkynes (16 examples) in yields of up to 89 %. The reaction proceeds via a syn-aryl nickelation of a terminal alkyne followed by cyclisation of the resulting... Read More about Nickel‐Catalysed syn‐Selective Arylnickelation and Cyclisation of Ketone/Imine‐Tethered Terminal Alkynes with Arylboronic Acids.

Enantioselective de novo synthesis of 14-hydroxy-6-oxomorphinans (2024)
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The enantioselective de novo synthesis of pharmacologically important 14-hydroxy-6-oxomorphinans is described. 4,5-Desoxynaltrexone and 4,5-desoxynaloxone were prepared using this route and their biological activities against the opioid receptors wer... Read More about Enantioselective de novo synthesis of 14-hydroxy-6-oxomorphinans.

Silver(I)-Catalyzed Synthesis of Cuneanes from Cubanes and their Investigation as Isosteres (2023)
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Bridged or caged polycyclic hydrocarbons have rigid structures that project substituents into precise regions of 3D space, making them attractive as linking groups in materials science and as building blocks for medicinal chemistry. The efficient syn... Read More about Silver(I)-Catalyzed Synthesis of Cuneanes from Cubanes and their Investigation as Isosteres.

Hydroperoxide-Mediated Degradation of Acetonitrile in the Lithium–Air Battery (2023)
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Understanding and eliminating degradation of the electrolyte solution is arguably the major challenge in the development of high energy density lithium–air batteries. The use of acetonitrile provides cycle stability comparable to current state-of-the... Read More about Hydroperoxide-Mediated Degradation of Acetonitrile in the Lithium–Air Battery.

Diphosphoryl‐functionalized Polyoxometalates: Structurally and Electronically Tunable Hybrid Molecular Materials (2023)
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Herein, we report the synthesis and characterization of a new class of hybrid Wells–Dawson polyoxometalate (POM) containing a diphosphoryl group (P2O6X) of the general formula [P2W17O57(P2O6X)]6− (X=O, NH, or CR1R2). Modifying the bridging unit X was... Read More about Diphosphoryl‐functionalized Polyoxometalates: Structurally and Electronically Tunable Hybrid Molecular Materials.

Electronic Structure and Photoactivity of Organoarsenic Hybrid Polyoxometalates (2023)
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Organofunctionalization of polyoxometalates (POMs) allows the preparation of hybrid molecular systems with tunable electronic properties. Currently, there are only a handful of approaches that allow for the fine-tuning of POM frontier molecular orbit... Read More about Electronic Structure and Photoactivity of Organoarsenic Hybrid Polyoxometalates.

A Scalable Synthesis of Chiral Himbert Diene Ligands for Asymmetric Catalysis (2023)
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Chiral dienes are important ligands in asymmetric catalysis but they are less accessible than other commonly used ligands such as chiral bisphosphines. Here, we show that intramolecular [4 + 2] cycloaddition of a simply attained chiral allenecarboxan... Read More about A Scalable Synthesis of Chiral Himbert Diene Ligands for Asymmetric Catalysis.

Synthesis of New Morphinan Opioids by TBADT‐Catalyzed Photochemical Functionalization at the Carbon Skeleton (2022)
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The synthesis of new morphinan opioids by the addition of photochemically generated carbon-centered radicals to substrates containing an enone in the morphinan C-ring, is described. Using tetrabutylammonium decatungstate (TBADT) as a hydrogen atom tr... Read More about Synthesis of New Morphinan Opioids by TBADT‐Catalyzed Photochemical Functionalization at the Carbon Skeleton.

Frontispiece: Nickel‐Catalyzed Arylative Cyclizations of Alkyne‐ and Allene‐Tethered Electrophiles using Arylboron Reagents (2022)
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This review summarizes recent progress in nickel-catalyzed arylative cyclizations of alkyne- and allene-tethered electrophiles using arylboron reagents, which are useful methods for the preparation of diverse carbo- and heterocyclic products. In many... Read More about Frontispiece: Nickel‐Catalyzed Arylative Cyclizations of Alkyne‐ and Allene‐Tethered Electrophiles using Arylboron Reagents.

Gold(I)-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Allylation of Azinium Ions with Allylboronates (2022)
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Gold(I)-catalyzed nucleophilic allylations of pyridinium and quinolinium ions with allylboronates are reported. Transmetalation of the allylboronate with gold produces nucleophilic allylgold(I) species that add to the 4-position of the azinium ion wi... Read More about Gold(I)-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Allylation of Azinium Ions with Allylboronates.

Nickel‐Catalyzed Arylative Cyclizations of Alkyne‐ and Allene‐Tethered Electrophiles using Arylboron Reagents (2022)
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The use of arylboron reagents in metal-catalyzed domino addition–cyclization reactions is a well-established strategy for the preparation of diverse, highly functionalized carbo- and heterocyclic products. Although rhodium- and palladium-based cataly... Read More about Nickel‐Catalyzed Arylative Cyclizations of Alkyne‐ and Allene‐Tethered Electrophiles using Arylboron Reagents.

Enantioselective nickel-catalyzed anti-arylmetallative cyclizations onto acyclic electron-deficient alkenes (2021)
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Enantioselective nickel-catalyzed reactions of (hetero)arylboronic acids or alkenylboronic acids with substrates containing an alkyne tethered to various acyclic electron-deficient alkenes are described.

Enantioselective Nickel?Catalyzed anti ?Arylmetallative Cyclizations onto Acyclic Ketones (2021)
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Domino reactions involving nickel?catalyzed additions of (hetero)arylboronic acids to alkynes, followed by cyclization of the alkenylnickel intermediates onto tethered acyclic ketones to give chiral tertiary?alcohol?containing products in high enanti... Read More about Enantioselective Nickel?Catalyzed anti ?Arylmetallative Cyclizations onto Acyclic Ketones.

Catalytic enantioselective arylative cyclizations of alkynyl 1,3-diketones by 1,4-rhodium(i) migration (2020)
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The enantioselective synthesis of densely functionalized polycarbocycles by the rhodium(I)-catalyzed reaction of arylboronic acids with 1,3-diketones is described. The key step in these desymmetrizing domino addition–cyclization reactions is an alken... Read More about Catalytic enantioselective arylative cyclizations of alkynyl 1,3-diketones by 1,4-rhodium(i) migration.

Enantioselective nickel-catalyzed arylative and alkenylative intramolecular 1,2-allylations of tethered allene–ketones (2020)
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Rhodium-catalyzed arylative cyclization of alkynyl malonates by 1,4-rhodium(I) migration (2019)
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The synthesis of functionalized 1-tetralones by the rhodium(I)-catalyzed reaction of alkynyl malonates with arylboronic acids is described. These arylative cyclizations proceed via an alkenyl-to-aryl 1,4-Rh(I) migration as a key step. Preliminary res... Read More about Rhodium-catalyzed arylative cyclization of alkynyl malonates by 1,4-rhodium(I) migration.

Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Cyclopent-2-enones by Nickel-Catalyzed Desymmetrization of Malonate Esters (2018)
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One-carbon oxidative annulations of 1,3-enynes by catalytic C–H functionalization and 1,4-rhodium(III) migration (2018)
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Dooley, J. D., & Lam, H. W. (2018). One-carbon oxidative annulations of 1,3-enynes by catalytic C–H functionalization and 1,4-rhodium(III) migration. Chemistry - A European Journal, 24(16), 4050-4054. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201706043

Rhodium(III)-catalyzed C-H functionalization-oxidative annulations of aromatic substrates with 1,3-enynes that contain allylic hydrogen atoms cis to the alkyne are described. The key step in these reactions is an alkenyl-to-allyl 1,4-rhodium(III) mig... Read More about One-carbon oxidative annulations of 1,3-enynes by catalytic C–H functionalization and 1,4-rhodium(III) migration.

Enantioselective Rhodium-Catalyzed Coupling of Arylboronic Acids, 1,3-Enynes, and Imines by Alkenyl-to-Allyl 1,4-Rhodium(I) Migration (2017)
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Enantioselective Nickel-Catalyzed Intramolecular Allylic Alkenylations Enabled by Reversible Alkenylnickel E /Z Isomerization (2017)
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