Dehydrogenation chemistry has long been established as a fundamental aspect of organic synthesis, commonly encountered in carbonyl compounds. Transition metal catalysis revolutionized it, with strategies like transfer-dehydrogenation, single electron transfer and C-H activation. These approaches, extended to multiple dehydrogenations, can lead to aromatization.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTransition metal catalysis plays a pivotal role in transforming unreactive C-H bonds. However, regioselective activation of distal aliphatic C-H bonds poses a tremendous challenge, particularly in the absence of directing templates. Activation of a methylene C-H bond in the presence of methyl C-H is underexplored.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Fujiwara-Moritani reaction is a powerful tool for the olefination of arenes by Pd-catalysed C-H activation. However, the need for superstoichiometric amounts of toxic chemical oxidants makes the reaction unattractive from an environmental and atom-economical view. Herein, we report the first non-directed and regioselective olefination of simple arenes an electrooxidative Fujiwara-Moritani reaction.
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September 2022
Fluorine compounds are known for their abundance in more than 20% of pharmaceutical and agrochemical products mainly due to the enhanced lipophilicity, metabolic stability and pharmacokinetic properties of organofluorides. Consequently, the last decade has seen enormous growth in the incorporation of a trifluoromethyl group into organic motifs. With due significance, this review aims to provide a complete picture of the transition metal-mediated construction of C(sp, sp, and sp)-CF bonds C-H/X bond functionalization or addition processes in both aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons.
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