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Wang CL, Wang J, Jin JK, Li B, Phang YL, Zhang FL, Ye T, Xia HM, Hui LW, Su JH, Fu Y, Wang YF. Boryl radical catalysis enables asymmetric radical cycloisomerization reactions. Science 2023; 382:1056-1065. [PMID: 38033072 DOI: 10.1126/science.adg1322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
Abstract
The development of functionally distinct catalysts for enantioselective synthesis is a prominent yet challenging goal of synthetic chemistry. In this work, we report a family of chiral N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-ligated boryl radicals as catalysts that enable catalytic asymmetric radical cycloisomerization reactions. The radical catalysts can be generated from easily prepared NHC-borane complexes, and the broad availability of the chiral NHC component provides substantial benefits for stereochemical control. Mechanistic studies support a catalytic cycle comprising a sequence of boryl radical addition, hydrogen atom transfer, cyclization, and elimination of the boryl radical catalyst, wherein the chiral NHC subunit determines the enantioselectivity of the radical cyclization. This catalysis allows asymmetric construction of valuable chiral heterocyclic products from simple starting materials.
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- Chang-Ling Wang
- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Clean Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Clean Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Clean Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Clean Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Clean Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Clean Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Clean Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Microscale Magnetic Resonance and School of Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Clean Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Clean Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Jiarong Shi
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, 174 Shazheng Street, Chongqing, P. R. China, 400030
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, 174 Shazheng Street, Chongqing, P. R. China, 400030
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, 174 Shazheng Street, Chongqing, P. R. China, 400030
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Qu HJ, Yuan L, Jia CX, Yu HT, Xu H. DFT Investigation of Hydrogen Atom Abstraction from NHC-Boranes by Methyl, Ethyl and Cyanomethyl Radicals-Composition and Correlation Analysis of Kinetic Barriers. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25194509. [PMID: 33019654 PMCID: PMC7582687 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25194509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Understanding the hydrogen atom abstraction (HAA) reactions of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-boranes is essential for extending the practical applications of boron chemistry. In this study, density functional theory (DFT) computations were performed for the HAA reactions of a series of NHC-boranes attacked by •CH2CN, Me• and Et• radicals. Using the computed data, we investigated the correlations of the activation and free energy barriers with their components, including the intrinsic barrier, the thermal contribution of the thermodynamic reaction energy to the kinetic barriers, the activation Gibbs free energy correction and the activation zero-point vibrational energy correction. Furthermore, to describe the dependence of the activation and free energy barriers on the thermodynamic reaction energy or reaction Gibbs free energy, we used a three-variable linear model, which was demonstrated to be more precise than the two-variable Evans–Polanyi linear free energy model and more succinct than the three-variable Marcus-theory-based nonlinear HAA model. The present work provides not only a more thorough understanding of the compositions of the barriers to the HAA reactions of NHC-boranes and the HAA reactivities of the substrates but also fresh insights into the suitability of various models for describing the relationships between the kinetic and thermodynamic physical quantities.
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- Hong-jie Qu
- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry (Ministry of Education) and School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China; (H.-j.Q.); (L.Y.); (C.-x.J.)
- College of Science, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing 163319, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry (Ministry of Education) and School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China; (H.-j.Q.); (L.Y.); (C.-x.J.)
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry (Ministry of Education) and School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China; (H.-j.Q.); (L.Y.); (C.-x.J.)
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry (Ministry of Education) and School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China; (H.-j.Q.); (L.Y.); (C.-x.J.)
- Correspondence: (H.-t.Y.); (H.X.); Tel.: +86-451-86608616 (H.-t.Y.)
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry (Ministry of Education) and School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China; (H.-j.Q.); (L.Y.); (C.-x.J.)
- Correspondence: (H.-t.Y.); (H.X.); Tel.: +86-451-86608616 (H.-t.Y.)
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Walton JC, Dai W, Curran DP. EPR Studies on the Addition of Ligated Boryl Radicals to Carbonyl Compounds. J Org Chem 2020; 85:4248-4255. [PMID: 32056434 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b03420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The boron-centered radicals derived from alkenyl N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-boranes bearing ester substituents were recently found to ring close in 5-endo mode by addition to the oxygen atoms of the ester substituents. The inference from this was that NHC-boryl radicals might add intermolecularly to carbonyl-containing substrates. Several different NHC-boryl radicals were generated by H-atom abstraction from NHC-ligated trihydroborates. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy proved that these did indeed add to the oxygen atoms of diaryl ketones with production of the corresponding bora-ketyl radicals. The same unusual regioselectivity of addition was observed with monoaryl ketones, but no bora-ketyls were observed with dialkyl ketones. Similarly, no bora-ketyl adduct radicals were observed with esters, even esters of benzoic acid. EPR spectroscopic evidence suggested that NHC-boryl radicals were also added to the O-atoms of aromatic aldehydes. Amine-boryl and phosphine-boryl radicals were also observed to add to the O-atom of benzophenone with production of the corresponding ketyl radicals.
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- John C Walton
- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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Takahashi K, Shimoi M, Watanabe T, Maeda K, Geib SJ, Curran DP, Taniguchi T. Revisiting Polyfluoroarenes as Radical Acceptors: Radical C–F Bond Borylation of Polyfluoroarenes with N-Heterocyclic Carbene Boranes and Synthesis of Borane-Containing Liquid Crystals. Org Lett 2020; 22:2054-2059. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c00481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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Liu X, Lin EE, Chen G, Li JL, Liu P, Wang H. Radical Hydroboration and Hydrosilylation of gem-Difluoroalkenes: Synthesis of α-Difluorinated Alkylborons and Alkylsilanes. Org Lett 2019; 21:8454-8458. [PMID: 31600080 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b03218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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A first example of radical hydroboration and hydrosilylation of gem-difluoroalkenes using ABIN as the radical initiator is described. This protocol features good functional group tolerance, operational simplicity, high atom economy, and easy scale-up, enabling efficient assembly of a wide range of α-difluorinated alkylborons and alkylsilanes in moderate to excellent yields. The synthetic utility of these products is demonstrated by further transformation of the C-B bond and C-Si bond into valuable CF2-containing molecules.
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- Xiaozu Liu
- Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis & Chiral Drug Synthesis of Guizhou Province, Generic Drug Research Center of Guizhou Province, School of Pharmacy , Zunyi Medical University , Zunyi 563006 , P.R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510006 , P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis & Chiral Drug Synthesis of Guizhou Province, Generic Drug Research Center of Guizhou Province, School of Pharmacy , Zunyi Medical University , Zunyi 563006 , P.R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510006 , P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis & Chiral Drug Synthesis of Guizhou Province, Generic Drug Research Center of Guizhou Province, School of Pharmacy , Zunyi Medical University , Zunyi 563006 , P.R. China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou 510006 , P.R. China
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Li T, Zhang J, Cui C. Heterocyclic Carbene‐Catalyzed Hydride Transfer in the Hydroboration of Carbonyl Compounds. CHINESE J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201900139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Tianhao Li
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento‐Organic ChemistryNankai University, 94 Weijin Road Tianjin 300071 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento‐Organic ChemistryNankai University, 94 Weijin Road Tianjin 300071 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento‐Organic ChemistryNankai University, 94 Weijin Road Tianjin 300071 China
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Zhao Q, Dewhurst RD, Braunschweig H, Chen X. Boranchemie aus einer neuen Perspektive: Nukleophilie der B-H-Bindungselektronen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201809733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Qianyi Zhao
- Henan Key Laboratory of Boron Chemistry and Advanced Energy Materials; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Henan Normal University; 46 E. Jianshe Rd. Xinxiang Henan 453007 China
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Institut für nachhaltige Chemie und Katalyse mit Bor; Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg; Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Deutschland
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Institut für nachhaltige Chemie und Katalyse mit Bor; Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg; Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Deutschland
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Boron Chemistry and Advanced Energy Materials; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Henan Normal University; 46 E. Jianshe Rd. Xinxiang Henan 453007 China
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Zhengzhou University; Zhengzhou Henan 450001 China
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Zhao Q, Dewhurst RD, Braunschweig H, Chen X. A New Perspective on Borane Chemistry: The Nucleophilicity of the B−H Bonding Pair Electrons. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:3268-3278. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201809733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2018] [Revised: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Qianyi Zhao
- Henan Key Laboratory of Boron Chemistry and Advanced Energy Materials; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Henan Normal University; 46 E. Jianshe Rd. Xinxiang Henan 453007 China
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- Institute for Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron; Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg; Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Institute for Inorganic Chemistry and Institute for Sustainable Chemistry & Catalysis with Boron; Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg; Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Germany
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Boron Chemistry and Advanced Energy Materials; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Henan Normal University; 46 E. Jianshe Rd. Xinxiang Henan 453007 China
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; Zhengzhou University; Zhengzhou Henan 450001 China
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Nava P, Toure M, Abdou Mohamed A, Parrain JL, Chuzel O. Investigation of the rhodium-catalyzed hydroboration of NHC-boranes: the role of alkene coordination and the origin of enantioselectivity. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:17605-17611. [DOI: 10.1039/c9dt03660a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The mechanism of the intramolecular enantioselective rhodium(i)-catalyzed hydroboration of NHC-boranes is investigated by experiments and calculations, using Density Functional Theory and Random Phase Approximation methods.
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- Paola Nava
- Aix Marseille University
- CNRS
- Marseille
- France
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Bolt DA, Geib SJ, Curran DP. Synthesis and characterization of N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of 1,3,2-dioxaborolane-4,5-dione (NHC-boryl oxalates). Tetrahedron 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2018.10.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kawamoto T, Shimaya Y, Curran DP, Kamimura A. Tris(trimethylsilyl)silane-mediated Reductive Decyanation and Cyano Transfer Reactions of Malononitriles. CHEM LETT 2018. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.171231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Takuji Kawamoto
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8611, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8611, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8611, Japan
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Kawamoto T, Oritani K, Curran DP, Kamimura A. Thiol-Catalyzed Radical Decyanation of Aliphatic Nitriles with Sodium Borohydride. Org Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b00626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Takuji Kawamoto
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8611, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8611, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8611, Japan
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