For green and sustainable chemistry, molecular oxygen is considered as an ideal oxidant due to its natural, inexpensive, and environmentally friendly characteristics, and therefore offers attractive academic and industrial prospects. This critical review introduces the recent advances over the past 5 years in transition-metal catalyzed reactions using molecular oxygen as the oxidant. This review highlights the scope and limitations, as well as the mechanisms of these oxidation reactions (184 references).
Multisubstituted isoquinoline and pyridine N-oxides have been prepared by Rh(III)-catalyzed cyclization of oximes and diazo compounds via aryl and vinylic C-H activation. This intermolecular annulation involving tandem C-H activation, cyclization, and condensation steps proceeds under mild conditions, obviates the need for oxidants, releases N2 and H2O as the byproducts, and displays a broad substituent scope.
Fishing for complements! There is an alternative to the useful Fischer indole synthesis. The new method utilizes the same retrosynthetic disconnection but is based on a Rh(III) -catalyzed directed CH activation step and a successive coupling with alkynes.
Organoborons
have emerged as versatile building blocks in organic
synthesis to achieve molecular diversity and as carboxylic acid bioisosteres
with broad applicability in drug discovery. Traditionally, these compounds
are prepared by the substitution of Grignard/lithium reagents with
electrophilic boron species and Brown hydroboration. Recent developments
have provided new routes for the efficient preparation of organoborons
by applying reactions using chemical feedstocks with leaving groups.
As compared to the previous methods that used organic halides (I,
Br, and Cl), the direct borylation of less reactive C–Het and
C–C bonds has become highly important to get efficiency and
functional-group compatibility. This Review aims to provide a comprehensive
overview of this topic, including (1) C–F bond borylation,
(2) C–O bond borylation, (3) C–S bond borylation, (4)
C–N bond borylation, and (5) C–C bond borylation. Considerable
attention is given to the strategies and mechanisms involved. We expect
that this Review will inspire chemists to discover more efficient
transformations to expand this field.
A nickel/N-heterocyclic carbene catalytic system has been established for decarbonylative borylation of amides with B2 nep2 by C-N bond activation. This transformation shows good functional-group compatibility and can serve as a powerful synthetic tool for late-stage borylation of amide groups in complex compounds. More importantly, as a key intermediate, the structure of an acyl nickel complex was first confirmed by X-ray analysis. Furthermore, the decarbonylative process was also observed. These findings confirm the key mechanistic features of the acyl C-N bond activation process.
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