Bromine-Mediated Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling (CDC) Reactions

Abstract

Bin Wang Bin Wang studied organic chemistry at the Institute of Elemento-organic Chemistry, Nankai University, and obtained his Ph.D. in 2007 under the supervision of Prof. Ruyu Chen. In the same year, he joined the College of Pharmacy of Nankai University as Assistant Professor. He became Associate Professor in 2009, and initiated his independent research. Presently, he is Visiting Scholar in the research group of Prof. Henry N.C. Wong at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Professor Wang's current research interests center around developments of novel methods for sustainable organic synthesis and aryne chemistry.

A sustainable metal-free and additive-free olefination route to N-heteroazaarenes from methyl-substituted heterocycles and amines

“…Based on the above results in combination with our previous studies, 12 a plausible mechanism for this oxidative olefination was proposed, as outlined in Fig. 1 .…”

N-Bromosuccinimide-Induced C–H Bond Functionalization: An Intramolecular Cycloaromatization of Electron Withdrawing Group Substituted 1-Biphenyl-2-ylethanone for the Synthesis of 10-Phenanthrenol

“…The catalytic utilization of bromine reagents in C–H bond functionalization has been realized through an in situ bromination and followed homolytic cleavage. The present example disclosed a new strategy for radical C–H bond activation, which would be valuable for the development of green and sustainable chemistry …”