Lucía Sánchez-Jiménez, Adrián Gargantiel, Manuel A. Fernández-Rodríguez, Patricia García-García
{"title":"Divergent synthesis of two polycyclic frameworks containing tricyclic bridgehead carbon centers by gold-catalyzed cycloisomerization of o-cyclopropylidenemethyl-o′-alkynylbiaryls","authors":"Lucía Sánchez-Jiménez, Adrián Gargantiel, Manuel A. Fernández-Rodríguez, Patricia García-García","doi":"10.1039/d5qo00816f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5qo00816f","url":null,"abstract":"Compounds containing tricyclic bridgehead carbon centers are privileged structures in drug discovery. In this work, two different polycyclic scaffolds containing this substructure have been accessed by divergent gold-catalyzed cycloisomerizations of <em>o</em>-cyclopropylidenemethyl-<em>o</em>′-alkynylbiaryls. Selectivity towards one or the other scaffold is mainly controlled by temperature. The electronic nature of the arene group at the alkyne also plays a significant role, which is explained based on the proposed mechanism.","PeriodicalId":97,"journal":{"name":"Organic Chemistry Frontiers","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144898772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pd-Catalyzed Hydroesterification of Vinyl Cyclopropanes with Aryl Formates","authors":"Junhua Li, Chunyin Li, Jing Li, Zhanwei Wang, Fengyin Wang, Yian Shi","doi":"10.1039/d5qo00634a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5qo00634a","url":null,"abstract":"A Pd-catalyzed hydroesterification of vinyl cyclopropanes with aryl formates is described. A wide variety of cyclopropane-containing or ring-opening carboxylic esters can be obtained in good yields under mild reaction conditions. The reaction process is operationally simple and requires no handling of toxic CO.","PeriodicalId":97,"journal":{"name":"Organic Chemistry Frontiers","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144906453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Light-Promoted Cobalt-Catalyzed Radical Markovnikov Hydrothiolation of Alkenes with N-Arylsulfenyl Phthalimides","authors":"Xiang-Rui Li, Rong-Jin Zhang, Ting-Ting Miao, Yonghong Xiao, Kun-Quan Chen, Jian-Ji Zhong","doi":"10.1039/d5qo01020a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5qo01020a","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, transition-metal hydride catalysis has emerged as a powerful strategy for radical Markovnikov hydrothiolation of alkenes, providing efficient access to branched thioethers. However, this approach remains underexplored, with existing methods often hampered by limitations such as the reliance on silane reductants, the need for specialized sulfide nucleophiles or radical acceptors, or the use of external oxidants. Herein, we report a new light-promoted cobalt-catalyzed system that employs Hantzsch ester as a mild hydride source for the radical Markovnikov hydrothiolation of alkenes using N-arylsulfenyl phthalimides as thiyl radical precursors. Notably, when allylic arenes were employed as substrates, a metal-hydride hydrogen atom transfer (MHAT)/retro-MHAT process occurred, enabling the synthesis of branched benzyl sulfides, which was unattainable under conventional catalytic conditions. Mechanistic investigations support the proposed reaction pathway. This method exhibits excellent regioselectivity, broad functional group compatibility, and applicability in late-stage functionalization.","PeriodicalId":97,"journal":{"name":"Organic Chemistry Frontiers","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144898832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jiale Zheng, Wan-Hong Yuan, Han-Wen Zheng, Wei Du, Ying-Chun Chen
{"title":"Diastereo- and enantioselective construction of 1,4-nonadjacent alkyne-tethered products through CuI-promoted deprotonation and addition of terminal alkynes","authors":"Jiale Zheng, Wan-Hong Yuan, Han-Wen Zheng, Wei Du, Ying-Chun Chen","doi":"10.1039/d5qo00995b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5qo00995b","url":null,"abstract":"While catalytic asymmetric alkynylation reaction has been extensively studied, existing examples predominantly focus on the construction of stereogenic center at the addition site. Here we disclose a chiral Cu<small><sup>I</sup></small> complex-catalysed asymmetric alkynylation reaction of prochiral terminal diynes, which can furnish a diversity of products with challenging remote alkyne-tethered 1,4-central chirality. Mechanistic studies demonstrate that the initial desymmetrisative deprotonation of terminal diynes mediated by a chiral π-acidic Cu<small><sup>I</sup></small> complex plays a crucial role in governing the diastereoselectivity, while the nucleophilic alkynylation step determines the enantiocontrol in whole process. This strategy can be extended to kinetic transformation of racemic terminal alkynes successfully. Such a stepwise asymmetric deprotonation and alkynylation strategy facilitated by a single chiral catalyst provides a robust platform for diastereo- and enantioselective construction of products having challenging rectilinear 1,4-central chirality.","PeriodicalId":97,"journal":{"name":"Organic Chemistry Frontiers","volume":"95 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144898833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karthiyayini Gnanaoli, Deepan Babu Rajkumar and C. Uma Maheswari
{"title":"Cooperative N-heterocyclic carbene/photocatalysis: visible-light-promoted tandem α-sp3 C–H activation and reductive N-alkylation of tetrahydroisoquinoline","authors":"Karthiyayini Gnanaoli, Deepan Babu Rajkumar and C. Uma Maheswari","doi":"10.1039/D5QO01032B","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/D5QO01032B","url":null,"abstract":"<p >While N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) play a vital role as organocatalysts due to their umpolung reactivity toward carbonyl or imine carbons, activation of sp<small><sup>3</sup></small>-carbons <em>via</em> single-electron transfer (SET) processes remains challenging and underdeveloped. Recently, the coupling of NHC catalysis with photocatalysis for the SET process has gained attention. Herein, we report visible-light and NHC-catalyzed tandem α-sp<small><sup>3</sup></small> C–H activation and reductive <em>N</em>-alkylation of tetrahydroisoquinoline (THIQ) with <em>o</em>-hydroxybenzaldehydes. The key step in this process is the formation of a photoactive species between <em>o</em>-hydroxybenzaldehydes and a base, which functions as a self-photocatalyst, eliminating the need for an external photocatalyst or photoactivator. The subsequent reaction of photoactive species with NHCs leads to the Breslow intermediate, followed by intramolecular hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) and benzylic activation to form <em>N</em>-benzylated 3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2<em>H</em>)-ones. The salient features of this work include the use of sunlight as a visible-light source and molecular oxygen as an oxidant under mild reaction conditions, highlighting the green chemistry aspects of this approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":97,"journal":{"name":"Organic Chemistry Frontiers","volume":" 19","pages":" 5136-5145"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145110381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Liangliang Qi, Peng-Fei Xu, Yu-Ke Wu, Xiaobo Pang, Xing-Zhong Shu
{"title":"Nickel-catalyzed [4 + 1] sila-cycloaddition: a divergent synthesis of silacarbocycles from trichlorosilanes","authors":"Liangliang Qi, Peng-Fei Xu, Yu-Ke Wu, Xiaobo Pang, Xing-Zhong Shu","doi":"10.1039/d5qo01018g","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5qo01018g","url":null,"abstract":"Cyclic chlorosilane transformations present a valuable opportunity for the divergent synthesis of silacarbocycles, but their low availability has hindered this potential. This study presents a direct approach to producing structurally diverse five-membered cyclic chlorosilanes, utilizing trichlorosilanes as a novel Si-1 synthon for catalytic sila-cycloaddition reactions. The method employs a nickel-catalyzed [4 + 1] cycloaddition reaction between 1,3-dienes and trichlorosilanes, facilitated by upgraded phosphine–nitrogen ligands. This approach accommodates a broad range of 1,3-dienes and trichlorosilanes, yielding cyclic chlorosilanes that act as versatile platform molecules. These intermediates can be readily transformed into advanced silicon reagents and connected with various carbon and heteroatom functionalities through a one-pot reaction.","PeriodicalId":97,"journal":{"name":"Organic Chemistry Frontiers","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144901381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Giovanni Preda, Sonia La Cognata, Laura Pedraza, Laurine Carlier, Maxime Kolb, Gennaro Pescitelli, Valeria Amendola, Dominique Armspach, Dario Pasini
{"title":"Manipulating stereo-communication in binaphthol-bridged - and -cyclodextrins to develop -selective chiroptical pH switching and anion sensing in water","authors":"Giovanni Preda, Sonia La Cognata, Laura Pedraza, Laurine Carlier, Maxime Kolb, Gennaro Pescitelli, Valeria Amendola, Dominique Armspach, Dario Pasini","doi":"10.1039/d5qo00910c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5qo00910c","url":null,"abstract":"Molecular structures comprising naturally-occurring, stereodefined cyclodextrins and binaphthyls as bridging units have been realized, designed in such a way that the stereocommunication mode between the two chiral entities is unfavourable ('chiral mismatch'). The induced strain translates into highly responsive chiroptical behavior. On one side, the binaphthol-containing structure functions as a pH-controlled, single-molecule chiroptical switch, with reversal of the optical activity from acidic to basic conditions in a fully reversible manner. Additionally, the same host molecule demonstrates a pronounced chiroptical response to perrhenate in aqueous solution at pH 2.5, showing excellent selectivity for this specific anion. Computational analysis confirmed that the major effect of ReO<small><sub>4</sub></small><small><sup>–</sup></small> complexation is making new conformations accessible to the binaphthol moiety with a large variation of the associated dihedral angles.","PeriodicalId":97,"journal":{"name":"Organic Chemistry Frontiers","volume":"70 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144857933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anee Taj, Chen Cui, Zhenwei Shi, Xuebin Huang, Xiao-Hui Yang
{"title":"Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydroselenation of Unsymmetric 1,3-Dienes with 3,4-Markovnikov Regioselectivity","authors":"Anee Taj, Chen Cui, Zhenwei Shi, Xuebin Huang, Xiao-Hui Yang","doi":"10.1039/d5qo00926j","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5qo00926j","url":null,"abstract":"Catalytic hydroselenation of alkenes represents one of the most direct and efficient methods for organoselenide synthesis. In this study, we report a highly regioselective Rh-catalyzed hydroselenation of unsymmetrical 1,3-dienes, including internalunsymmetrical dienes. This atom-economical method operates under mild conditions and selectively affords 3,4-Markovnikov products with excellent regiocontrol. The developed protocol was effective in reactions involving both internal and terminal dienes.","PeriodicalId":97,"journal":{"name":"Organic Chemistry Frontiers","volume":"52 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144840265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiaochen Wang, Shengbiao Yang, Lan Bao, Tianzhen Wang, Lingang Wu, Qingmin Wang
{"title":"Photocatalytic Ketone Synthesis: Recent Advances in Radical-Based Approaches from Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives","authors":"Xiaochen Wang, Shengbiao Yang, Lan Bao, Tianzhen Wang, Lingang Wu, Qingmin Wang","doi":"10.1039/d5qo01059d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5qo01059d","url":null,"abstract":"Ketones have been widely recognized as privileged structural motifs in organic synthesis due to their unique dual reactivity profile, serving as versatile electrophiles in numerous carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bond-forming transformations. Their ubiquitous presence in pharmacologically active compounds, advanced materials, and agrochemicals further underscores their synthetic importance. Consequently, the design of novel catalytic platforms enabling efficient construction of structurally diversified ketones from readily available precursors represents a significant challenge in contemporary synthetic methodology. Carboxylic acids and derivatives, owing to their natural abundance, low cost, and exceptional structural variability, represent an ideal class of starting materials for such transformations. The integration of these compounds with photocatalysis enables their transformation into ketones through radical-based reaction strategies, offering distinct advantages over conventional two-electron reaction systems by circumventing their inherent limitations.","PeriodicalId":97,"journal":{"name":"Organic Chemistry Frontiers","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144840267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ran Song, Jiaxing Li, Lin Li, Huaixi Mu, Wei Feng, Daoshan Yang, Wen Si, Jian Lv
{"title":"Palladium/photoredox-catalysis in decarboxylative radical C(sp3)-C(sp3) cross-coupling reaction of γ-methylidene-δ-valerolactones with alkyl carboxylic acids","authors":"Ran Song, Jiaxing Li, Lin Li, Huaixi Mu, Wei Feng, Daoshan Yang, Wen Si, Jian Lv","doi":"10.1039/d5qo01005e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5qo01005e","url":null,"abstract":"Developing applicable methods to forge linkages between sp3 and sp3-hydridized carbons is of great significance in drug discovery. Here a radical decarboxylative C(sp3)-C(sp3) cross-coupling of γ-methylidene-δ-valerolactones (GMDVs) and alkyl carboxylic acids was developed by combining photocatalysis and palladium catalysis, providing the target products in good to excellent yields (up to 97% yield). The reaction exhibited broad substrate scope and wide functional group compatibility.","PeriodicalId":97,"journal":{"name":"Organic Chemistry Frontiers","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144840268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}