Construction of two vicinal all-carbon quaternary carbon centres is of great importance due to the common presence of such units in natural and unnatural molecules with attractive functions. However, it remains a significant challenge. Here, we have developed a palladium-catalysed general coupling for the efficient connection of two tertiary carbon atoms: Specifically, propargylic carbonate has...

The substitution of a siloxy group using thiosilanes smoothly occurred in the presence of InI₃ catalyst to yield the corresponding thioethers. InI₃ was a specifically effective catalyst in this reaction system, while other typical Lewis acids such as BF₃⋅OEt₂, AlCl₃, and TiCl4 were ineffective. Various silyl ethers such as primary alkyl, secondary alkyl, tertiary alkyl, allylic, benzylic, and p...

The use of in situ generated (NHC)-Ni catalytic species (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) allows for the synthesis, in short reaction times, of a variety of tertiary alcohols from secondary alcohols through a domino oxidation-addition protocol.

The gem-aminoalkynylation of fluorinated diazo compounds catalyzed by a simple Cu(I) salt is described. This three-component reaction allows the synthesis propargylic amines with broad functional group tolerance. Both electron-rich and electron-poor anilines can be used as nucleophiles alkyl-, aryl-, silyl-substituted EthynylBenziodoXoles (EBX) electrophiles.

oniom calculation is carried out to estimate the acidity of five aliphatic alcohols before and after adsorbing on the tip of (8,0) single-walled carbon nanotube. the oniom method is performed using a combination of density functional theory and am1 semiemperical method for alcohols and their corresponding conjugated bases. deprotonation gibbs free energies of alcohols are calculated and compare...

This highlight review overviews our recent advances on enantioselective propargylic substitution reactions catalyzed by transition metal complexes including cooperative and hybrid catalysts for the last 15 years.

Transition metal-free radical α-perfluoroalkylation with concomitant β-alkynylation of unactivated alkenes is presented. These cascades proceed via electron-catalysis and comprise a radical 1,4- or 1,5-alkynyl migration from tertiary propargylic alcoholates to secondary or tertiary C-radicals as the key step. Alkynyl migration leads to a ketyl radical anion that sustains the chain as a single e...