CuO hollow nanostructures have been used for the catalytic [3 + 2] cycloaddition of azides with terminal alkynes to provide the products in good yields with high regioselectivity.

Iridium-catalysed allylic substitutions with anionic N-nucleophiles were achieved with regioselectivity of up to 49:1 and enantiomeric excess of up to 98%.

The first fluoroalkylated Ni(ii) N-confused porphyrins were synthesized with high regioselectivity and its further alkylation was studied.

By combining an Ugi-4CR and a gold-catalyzed cascade cyclization, diverse benzazepinoindoles are assembled in step-economical, chemo- regioselectivity fashion.

Multiple molecular dynamics simulations and a systematic analysis of sequence and structure of mammalian cytochrome P450 monooxygenases were performed to investigate the structural basis of their specificity and selectivity. While the substrate binding cavity is mobile, the protein core and the access funnel to the heme are rigid. High mobility of the substrate binding pocket is consistent with...

Regioselective C-H functionalization of arenes has widespread applications in synthetic chemistry. The regioselectivity of these reactions is often controlled by directing groups or steric hindrance ortho to a potential reaction site. Here, we report a catalytic intermolecular C-H silylation of unactivated arenes that manifests very high regioselectivity through steric effects of substituents m...

Catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) metabolizes catechol moieties by methylating a single hydroxyl group at the meta- or para- hydroxyl position. Hydrophobic amino acids near the active site of COMT influence the regioselectivity of this reaction. Our sequence analysis highlights their importance by showing that these residues are highly conserved throughout evolution. Reaction barriers calcula...

A divergent protocol for nucleophilic opening of vinyl epoxides with ethoxyacetylide has been developed and demonstrated to give complete regioselectivity depending on reaction conditions.

A phosphine-catalyzed dearomatizing [3+2] annulation of isoquinolinium methylides with allenoates or allenones yields highly functionalized pyrroloisoquinolines with high regioselectivity and in viable yields.

Soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO) from methane-oxidizing bacteria is a multicomponent nonheme oxygenase that naturally oxidizes methane to methanol and can also cooxidize a wide range of adventitious substrates, including mono- and diaromatic hydrocarbons. Leucine 110, at the mouth of the active site in the alpha subunit of the hydroxylase component of sMMO, has been suggested to act as a ga...