Palladium-catalyzed reductive coupling of phenols with anilines and amines: efficient conversion of phenolic lignin model monomers and analogues to cyclohexylamines† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c5sc00941c

Formal aromaticity transfer for palladium-catalyzed coupling between phenols and pyrrolidines/indolines† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c7sc02578e Click here for additional data file.

We herein describe a palladium-catalyzed formal aromaticity transfer coupling reaction between phenols and pyrrolidines or indolines to generate the corresponding N-cyclohexyl pyrroles or indoles. In this transformation, the aromaticity of phenols is formally passed on to the pyrrolidine or indoline units. Substituted phenols thus can serve as latent cyclohexyl equivalents for the fast construc...

Pyridine sulfinates as general nucleophilic coupling partners in palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions with aryl halides† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c7sc00675f Click here for additional data file.

Oxalyl amide assisted palladium-catalyzed synthesis of pyrrolidones via carbonylation of γ-C(sp3)–H bonds of aliphatic amine substrates† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Experimental procedures, characterization data for all new compounds. CCDC 1048649. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c5sc00519a

Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of α-bromocarbonyls and allylic alcohols for the synthesis of α-aryl dicarbonyl compounds† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. CCDC 1042318. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c5sc00505a

The palladium-catalyzed coupling of olefins and organohalides is a versatile approach for synthesizing complex molecules from simple starting materials. We have developed a palladium-catalyzed coupling of α-bromocarbonyl compounds with allylic alcohols for the generation of acyclic aryl-substituted dicarbonyl compounds. The reaction proceeds via a tandem olefin insertion of an α-acyl radical fo...

Tertiary amine synthesis via reductive coupling of amides with Grignard reagents† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Experimental procedures, spectroscopic data, copies of 1H and 13C NMR spectra and crystallographic data. CCDC 1552384. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c7sc03613b Click here for additional data file. Click here for additional data file.

A new iridium catalyzed reductive coupling reaction of Grignard reagents and tertiary amides affording functionalised tertiary amine products via an efficient and technically-simple one-pot, two-stage experimental protocol, is reported. The reaction – which can be carried out on gram-scale using as little as 1 mol% Vaska's complex [IrCl(CO)(PPh3)2] and TMDS as the terminal reductant for the ini...