Copper oxide nanoparticles catalyzed vinylation of imidazoles with vinyl halides under ligand-free conditions

Copper nanoparticles catalyzed carbon–heteroatom bond formation and synthesis of related heterocycles by greener procedures

A variety of procedures for the carbon–nitrogen, carbon–oxygen, carbon–sulfur and carbon–selenium bond formation using copper nanoparticles in greener conditions have been highlighted. The synthesis of several heterocyclic compounds of biological importance has also been reported using these protocols.

NaOH-promoted reaction of 1,1-dihaloalkenes and 1H-azoles: synthesis of dihetaryl substituted alkenes

We have developed a useful and simple process for the NaOH-promoted reaction of 1,1-dihaloalkenes and 1H-azoles to afford dipyrazolyl alkenes under mild and transition-metal-free conditions.

A facile and practical copper diacetate mediated, ligand free C–N cross coupling of trivalent organobismuth compounds with amines and N-heteroarenes

In present work, an efficient Cu(OAc)₂·H₂O catalyzed protocol in the absence of any additional ligand has been developed for the N-arylation of amines and nitrogen containing heterocycles using trivalent organobismuth reagents under mild conditions.

Synthesis of N-(α-fluorovinyl)azoles by the reaction of difluoroalkenes with azoles

A mild and versatile method for the construction of C-N bonds by the reaction of (2,2-difluorovinyl)arenes with various N-H-containing heterocycles in the presence of K3PO4 has been developed. The reaction proceeded efficiently at room temperature (25 °C) affording the (E)-N-α-fluorovinyl derivatives of azoles 3 in good to excellent yields with relatively high stereoselectivity.

CuO hollow nanosphere-catalyzed cross-coupling of aryl iodides with thiols

New functionalized CuO hollow nanospheres on acetylene black (CuO/AB) and on charcoal (CuO/C) have been found to be effective catalysts for C-S bond formation under microwave irradiation. CuO catalysts showed high catalytic activity with a wide variety of substituents which include electron-rich and electron-poor aryl iodides with thiophenols by the addition of two equivalents of K2CO3 as base in the absence of ligands.