{"title":"Exceptions, Paradoxes, and Their Resolutions in Chemical Reactivity.","authors":"Guanqi Qiu","doi":"10.1021/acs.joc.4c02246","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.joc.4c02246","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Progress in chemistry has primarily been framed through inductive processes, leading to the frequent emergence of exceptions and unexpected reactivities. These anomalies─ranging from surprising reactivity trends and paradoxical understandings to unanticipated parameter influences and unexpected successes or failures in synthetic methods─offer valuable insights that can drive scientific discovery. While it is commonly accepted that such exceptions can drive progress, many have been passively accepted without being explored for opportunities. Although numerous chemists have addressed exceptions and refined chemical models and theories, employing a systematic framework for actively exploring and understanding the underlying causes of exceptions could resolve paradoxes in broader contexts and create a greater impact than treating anomalies as isolated occurrences. This perspective demonstrates a proactive epistemic approach to uncovering the opportunities presented by exceptions and promotes deliberate, thoughtful engagement with paradoxes and anomalies. While the examples primarily focus on physical organic chemistry, the concepts are broadly applicable across various fields in chemical science. The thinking framework presented here is neither exhaustive nor prescriptive, but it outlines one of many potentially possible ways to inspire further development in how these anomalies could be harnessed for advancement.</p>","PeriodicalId":57,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"16307-16316"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142589557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dual Photoredox/Nickel Catalysis Enables Diastereoselective Synthesis of Multisubstituted γ-Lactams Using Alkyl-GeMe<sub>3</sub> as Radical Precursors.","authors":"Wen-Feng Li, Qing-Hao Xu, Qi-Yue Miao, Bin Xiao","doi":"10.1021/acs.joc.3c02348","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.joc.3c02348","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Herein, we report a single-step, multicomponent approach to versatile γ-lactams through dual photoredox/nickel-catalyzed dicarbofunctionalization of α,β-unsaturated γ-butyrolactam. This reaction utilized alkyl trimethylgermanium as a radical precursor and acyl chloride as the electrophile, demonstrating remarkable functional group compatibility.</p>","PeriodicalId":57,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"16269-16281"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139696460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yawei Zhu, Shiyi Yang, Tongliang Zhou, Michal Szostak
{"title":"[(NHC)Pd(OAc)<sub>2</sub>]: Highly Active Carboxylate Pd(II)-NHC (NHC = N-Heterocyclic Carbene) Precatalysts for Suzuki-Miyaura and Buchwald-Hartwig Cross-Coupling of Amides by N-C(O) Activation.","authors":"Yawei Zhu, Shiyi Yang, Tongliang Zhou, Michal Szostak","doi":"10.1021/acs.joc.4c00103","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.joc.4c00103","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the past eight years, the selective cross-coupling of amides by N-C(O) bond activation has emerged as a highly attractive manifold for the manipulation of traditionally unreactive amide bonds. In this Special Issue on Next-Generation Cross-Coupling Chemistry, we report the Suzuki-Miyaura and Buchwald-Hartwig cross-coupling of amides by selective N-C(O) cleavage catalyzed by bench-stable, well-defined carboxylate Pd(II)-NHC (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) catalysts {[(NHC)Pd(O<sub>2</sub>CR)<sub>2</sub>]}. This class of Pd(II)-NHCs promotes cross-coupling under exceedingly mild room-temperature conditions owing to the facile dissociation of the carboxylate ligands to form the active complex. These readily accessible Pd(II)-NHC precatalysts show excellent functional group tolerance and are compatible with a broad range of amide activating groups. Considering the mild conditions for the cross-coupling and the facile access to carboxylate Pd(II)-NHC complexes, we anticipate that this class of bench-stable complexes will find wide application in the activation of amide N-C(O) and related acyl X-C(O) bonds.</p>","PeriodicalId":57,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"16203-16213"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141475449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Copper-Catalyzed One-Pot Synthesis of <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>-4-Triphenylthiazol-2-amines.","authors":"Jia-Hao Weng, Xiao-Hu Xu, Zhi-Peng Guan, Zhi-Bing Dong","doi":"10.1021/acs.joc.4c01417","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.joc.4c01417","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Herein, we reported an efficient copper-catalyzed strategy for the synthesis of <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>-4-triphenylthiazol-2-amines from bromoacetophenone, phenylthiourea and iodobenzene. This method features good functional group tolerance, easy availability of starting materials and simplicity of operation, which provides an alternative method for the synthesis of 2-aminothiazoles.</p>","PeriodicalId":57,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"16390-16400"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142491172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dengfeng Shu, Eman Fayad, Ola A Abu Ali, Hua-Li Qin
{"title":"Discovery of A Synthetic Hub for Regio- and Stereoselective Construction of Triazolyl Vinyl Sulfonyl Fluorides.","authors":"Dengfeng Shu, Eman Fayad, Ola A Abu Ali, Hua-Li Qin","doi":"10.1021/acs.joc.4c02186","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.joc.4c02186","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A new sulfonyl fluoride reagent 1-bromobut-3-ene-1,3-disulfonyl difluoride (BEDF) was developed. This unique reagent possesses two clickable functionalities to be used for both azide-alkyne cycloaddition click and SuFEx click reactions. This new reagent was applied for the regioselective construction of a class of novel triazolyl vinyl sulfonyl fluorides in which the C-4 position 1<i>H</i>-1,2,3-triazoles were functionalized with vinyl sulfonyl fluorides of exclusively <i>E</i>-configuration.</p>","PeriodicalId":57,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"16969-16974"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142556655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hong-Hai Zhang, Meng-Zhe Chen, Xinbin Yu, Peter V Bonnesen, Zili Wu, Hsin-Lung Chen, Hugh O'Neill
{"title":"Correction to \"Synthesis of Perdeuterated Alkyl Amines/Amides with Pt/C as Catalyst under Mild Conditions\".","authors":"Hong-Hai Zhang, Meng-Zhe Chen, Xinbin Yu, Peter V Bonnesen, Zili Wu, Hsin-Lung Chen, Hugh O'Neill","doi":"10.1021/acs.joc.4c02001","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.joc.4c02001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":57,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"16975"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142520265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuan Yin, Cangzhu Hu, Jing Sun, Kun Huang, Chao-Guo Yan, Lei Wang, Ying Han
{"title":"Synthesis of Indole- and Benzofuran-Based Benzylic Sulfones by Palladium-Catalyzed Sulfonylation of <i>ortho</i>-Iodoaryl Allenes.","authors":"Yuan Yin, Cangzhu Hu, Jing Sun, Kun Huang, Chao-Guo Yan, Lei Wang, Ying Han","doi":"10.1021/acs.joc.4c01953","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.joc.4c01953","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A highly efficient palladium-catalyzed domino coupling reaction of <i>ortho</i>-iodoaryl allene with sodium sulfonates under mild conditions is described. This novel method provides a practical protocol to access diverse indole- and benzofuran-containing sulfones by simultaneous construction of C(sp<sup>2</sup>)-C(sp<sup>2</sup>) bond and a C(sp<sup>3</sup>)-S bonds in one pot. The salient features of this transformation include simple operations, broad substrate scope, and good functional group tolerance.</p>","PeriodicalId":57,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"16653-16662"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142580924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthew T Zambri, Armaan Grewal, Mark Lautens, Mark S Taylor
{"title":"Rhodium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Ring-Openings of Oxabicyclic Alkenes with Azole Nucleophiles.","authors":"Matthew T Zambri, Armaan Grewal, Mark Lautens, Mark S Taylor","doi":"10.1021/acs.joc.4c02437","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.joc.4c02437","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report enantioselective ring-openings of oxabicyclic alkenes with azole nucleophiles, generating heterocycle-bearing dihydronaphthalene products. Pyrazoles, triazoles, tetrazoles, and benzo-fused derivatives participate in the ring-opening, with the level of regioselectivity depending on the type and substitution pattern of the heterocyclic partner. Electron-withdrawing azole substituents have a beneficial effect, suppressing the unproductive complexation of a nitrogen with the Rh(I)-bis(phosphine) catalyst.</p>","PeriodicalId":57,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"16889-16898"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142589558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Iron-Catalyzed sp<sup>3</sup> C-H Alkylation of Fluorene with Primary and Secondary Alcohols: A Borrowing Hydrogen Approach.","authors":"Ratnakar Saha, Bhairab Chand Hembram, Surajit Panda, Rahul Ghosh, Bidraha Bagh","doi":"10.1021/acs.joc.4c00819","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.joc.4c00819","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The utilization of earth-abundant, cheap, and nontoxic transition metals in important catalytic transformations is essential for sustainable development, and iron has gained significant attention as the most abundant transition metal. A mixture of FeCl<sub>2</sub> (3 mol %), phenanthroline (6 mol %), and KO<i>t</i>Bu (0.4 eqivalent) was used as an effective catalyst for the sp<sup>3</sup> C-H alkylation of fluorene using alcohol as a nonhazardous alkylating partner, and eco-friendly water was formed as the only byproduct. The substrate scope includes a wide range of substituted fluorenes and substituted benzyl alcohols. The reaction is equally effective with challenging secondary alcohols and unactivated aliphatic alcohols. Selective mono-C9-alkylation of fluorenes with alcohols yielded the corresponding products in good isolated yields. Various postfunctionalizations of C-9 alkylated fluorene products were performed to establish the practical utility of this catalytic alkylation. Control experiments suggested a homogeneous reaction path involving borrowing hydrogen mechanism with the formation and subsequent reduction of 9-alkylidene fluorene intermediate.</p>","PeriodicalId":57,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":"16223-16241"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142034523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}