Due to the innate highly reactive properties and short life-time,organic free radicals can often serve as promoters or intermediates to engage in various radical transformations,which are often otherwise difficult to ...Due to the innate highly reactive properties and short life-time,organic free radicals can often serve as promoters or intermediates to engage in various radical transformations,which are often otherwise difficult to access by ionic pathway-based mechanisms.With the evolvement of radical chemistry,chiral radical catalyzed-transformations have recently emerged as an attractive and robust platform for synthesis of chiral molecules of interest.Herein,we highlight several creative and strategic advances in chiral radical catalyst design,cyclization reaction achievements,and future challenges.展开更多
A radical-induced 1,2-α-boryl migration through radical polar crossover reactions has been described.In this work,in situ formed vinyldiboron“ate”complexes from alkenyl Grignard reagent and diborylalkanes react wit...A radical-induced 1,2-α-boryl migration through radical polar crossover reactions has been described.In this work,in situ formed vinyldiboron“ate”complexes from alkenyl Grignard reagent and diborylalkanes react with commercial radical precursors under light initiation.This three-component process enables diborylation of alkene.This protocol features high atom economy,a broad substrate scope as well as good functional group toleration with mild conditions.展开更多
Herein,we report the first electrochemical strategy for the borylation of aryl iodides via a radical pathway using current as a driving force.A mild reaction condition allows an assorted range of readily available ary...Herein,we report the first electrochemical strategy for the borylation of aryl iodides via a radical pathway using current as a driving force.A mild reaction condition allows an assorted range of readily available aryl iodides to be proficiently converted into synthetically valuable arylboronic esters under transition metal catalyst-free conditions.Moreover,this method also shows good functional group tolerance.Initial control mechanistic experiments reveal the formation of aryl radical as a key intermediate and the current plays an important role in the generation of radical intermediate.展开更多
Catalytic C-H borylation is of prime topical importance,since easily available feedstock chemicals can thereby be transformed into valuable transient functional groups in the absence of directing groups.Herein,we disc...Catalytic C-H borylation is of prime topical importance,since easily available feedstock chemicals can thereby be transformed into valuable transient functional groups in the absence of directing groups.Herein,we disclose an iron-catalyzed C(sp^(3))-H borylation of simple,non-prefunctionalized alkanes,providing access to value-added products in a single step by means of photoelectrochemistry.The power of merging photo-and electrochemistry was mirrored by ample scope and exceedingly mild reaction conditions.Moreover,an outstanding position-selectivity in favor of primary C(sp^(3))-H proved viable within the photoelectrochemical borylation through a chemo-selective anodic overoxidation manifold.The ferro-photoelectrochemistry strategy avoids toxic precious transition metals,enabling C(sp^(3))-H borylations in a site-selective fashion.展开更多
The emergence of metal nanoclusters with atomically precise compositions and structures provides an opportunity for in-depth investigation of catalysis mechanisms and structure−property correlations at the nanoscale.H...The emergence of metal nanoclusters with atomically precise compositions and structures provides an opportunity for in-depth investigation of catalysis mechanisms and structure−property correlations at the nanoscale.However,a serious problem for metal nanocluster catalysts is that the ligands inhibit the catalytic activity through deactivating the surface of the nanoclusters.Here,we introduce a novel catalytic mode for metal nanoclusters,in which the nanoclusters initiate the catalysis via single electron transfer(SET)without destroying the integrity of nanoclusters,providing a solution for the contradiction between activity and stability of metal nanoclusters.We illustrated that the novel activation mode featured low catalyst loading(0.01 mol%),high TOF,mild reaction conditions,and easy recycling of catalyst in alkyne hydroborylation,which often suffered from poor selectivity,low functional group tolerance,etc.Furthermore,the catalyst[Au_(1)Cu_(14)(TBBT)_(12)(PPh_(3))_(6)]^(+)(TBBTH:p-tert-butylthiophenol)can be applied in highly efficient tandem processes such as hydroborylation−deuteration and hydroborylation−isomerization,demonstrating the utility of the introduced activation mode for metal nanoclusters.展开更多
基金support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.22301109 and 22171099)the Research Funds for Talent Introduction of Jiangsu Ocean University(No.KQ23065)+1 种基金Lianyungang Haiyan Project(No.KK24005)Postgraduate Research&Practice Innovation Program of JiangsuProvince.
文摘Due to the innate highly reactive properties and short life-time,organic free radicals can often serve as promoters or intermediates to engage in various radical transformations,which are often otherwise difficult to access by ionic pathway-based mechanisms.With the evolvement of radical chemistry,chiral radical catalyzed-transformations have recently emerged as an attractive and robust platform for synthesis of chiral molecules of interest.Herein,we highlight several creative and strategic advances in chiral radical catalyst design,cyclization reaction achievements,and future challenges.
基金Financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21772046,2193103,22001038)are gratefully acknowledged.
文摘A radical-induced 1,2-α-boryl migration through radical polar crossover reactions has been described.In this work,in situ formed vinyldiboron“ate”complexes from alkenyl Grignard reagent and diborylalkanes react with commercial radical precursors under light initiation.This three-component process enables diborylation of alkene.This protocol features high atom economy,a broad substrate scope as well as good functional group toleration with mild conditions.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.21772003).
文摘Herein,we report the first electrochemical strategy for the borylation of aryl iodides via a radical pathway using current as a driving force.A mild reaction condition allows an assorted range of readily available aryl iodides to be proficiently converted into synthetically valuable arylboronic esters under transition metal catalyst-free conditions.Moreover,this method also shows good functional group tolerance.Initial control mechanistic experiments reveal the formation of aryl radical as a key intermediate and the current plays an important role in the generation of radical intermediate.
基金the European Research Council(ERC Advanced Grantno.101021358)+2 种基金the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG,Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz award to L.A.)the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie(FCI,Kekulé-Fellowship to T.v.M.)the China Scholarship Council(CSC grant no.201906280067 to W.W.).
文摘Catalytic C-H borylation is of prime topical importance,since easily available feedstock chemicals can thereby be transformed into valuable transient functional groups in the absence of directing groups.Herein,we disclose an iron-catalyzed C(sp^(3))-H borylation of simple,non-prefunctionalized alkanes,providing access to value-added products in a single step by means of photoelectrochemistry.The power of merging photo-and electrochemistry was mirrored by ample scope and exceedingly mild reaction conditions.Moreover,an outstanding position-selectivity in favor of primary C(sp^(3))-H proved viable within the photoelectrochemical borylation through a chemo-selective anodic overoxidation manifold.The ferro-photoelectrochemistry strategy avoids toxic precious transition metals,enabling C(sp^(3))-H borylations in a site-selective fashion.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.92061110,21925303,21829501,21771186,21222301,21528303,and 21171170)the Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation(2108085Y05 and 2108085MB56)+1 种基金Collaborative Innovation Program of Hefei Science Center,CAS(Nos.2020HSCCIP005 and 2022HSC-CIP018)the Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale(KF2020102).
文摘The emergence of metal nanoclusters with atomically precise compositions and structures provides an opportunity for in-depth investigation of catalysis mechanisms and structure−property correlations at the nanoscale.However,a serious problem for metal nanocluster catalysts is that the ligands inhibit the catalytic activity through deactivating the surface of the nanoclusters.Here,we introduce a novel catalytic mode for metal nanoclusters,in which the nanoclusters initiate the catalysis via single electron transfer(SET)without destroying the integrity of nanoclusters,providing a solution for the contradiction between activity and stability of metal nanoclusters.We illustrated that the novel activation mode featured low catalyst loading(0.01 mol%),high TOF,mild reaction conditions,and easy recycling of catalyst in alkyne hydroborylation,which often suffered from poor selectivity,low functional group tolerance,etc.Furthermore,the catalyst[Au_(1)Cu_(14)(TBBT)_(12)(PPh_(3))_(6)]^(+)(TBBTH:p-tert-butylthiophenol)can be applied in highly efficient tandem processes such as hydroborylation−deuteration and hydroborylation−isomerization,demonstrating the utility of the introduced activation mode for metal nanoclusters.
