Recent Advances in the Transformation Reactions of Aromatic Nitriles via C—CN Bond Cleavage

Recent Advances in Organocatalyzed Domino C-C Bond-Forming Reactions.

Reactions that form a C-C bond make up a foundational pillar of synthetic organic chemistry. In addition, organocatalysis has emerged as an easy, environmentally-friendly way to promote this type of bond formation. Since around 2000, organocatalysts have been used in a variety of C-C bond-forming reactions including Michael and aldol additions, Mannich-type reactions, and Diels-Alder reactions,...

NBS mediated nitriles synthesis through C=C double bond cleavage.

An NBS mediated nitriles synthesis through C=C double bond cleavage has been developed. TMSN3 was employed as the nitrogen source for this Cu(OAc)2 promoted nitrogenation reaction. This transformation has a relatively high regio-selectivity to form aromatic nitriles.

Recent Advances in Transition Metal-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Nitriles

Amines are important building blocks possessing various applications in agrochemicals, the fine chemical industry, pharmaceuticals, materials science and biotechnology. The catalytic hydrogenation of nitriles is an important reaction for the onestep synthesis of diverse amines. However, significant amounts of side product formation during the course of the reaction is a major issue. In recent y...

Trimereation of Aromatic Nitriles

Recent advances in transformation optics.

Within the past a few years, transformation optics has emerged as a new research area, since it provides a general methodology and design tool for manipulating electromagnetic waves in a prescribed manner. Using transformation optics, researchers have demonstrated a host of striking phenomena and devices; many of which were only thought possible in science fiction. In this paper, we review the ...