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Quiclet-Sire B, Zard SZ. The xanthate route to tetralones, tetralins, and naphthalenes. A brief account. Org Biomol Chem 2023; 21:910-924. [PMID: 36607600 DOI: 10.1039/d2ob02159e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The present account summarises routes to tetralones, tetralines, and naphthalenes based on the chemistry of xanthates developed in the authors' laboratory. The degenerative reversible transfer of xanthates allows radical addition even to unactivated, electronically unbiased alkenes, and tolerates a broad range of functional groups, in particular common polar groups such as esters, ketones, nitriles, amides, carbamates, etc. Xanthates also allow radical ring closures onto aromatic rings. This feature, in combination with the intermolecular addition to alkenes, can be used to construct tetralones and tetralines. With the appropriate appendages, the former can be converted into napthalenes with a variety of substitution patterns. This translates into a convergent approach to a vast array of building blocks of interest to the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries, and to material sciences.
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- Béatrice Quiclet-Sire
- Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique UMR 7652, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France.
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- Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique UMR 7652, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France.
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Shi Y, Chen SPR, Fragkiadakis G, Parisi D, Percec V, Vlassopoulos D, Monteiro MJ. Shape Control over the Polymer Molecular Weight Distribution and Influence on Rheological Properties. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c02311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Yanlin Shi
- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD4072, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD4072, Australia
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- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion70013, Greece
- Department of Materials Science & Technology, University of Crete, Heraklion70013, Greece
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Product Technology, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AGGroningen, The Netherlands
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- Roy & Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania19104-6323, United States
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- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion70013, Greece
- Department of Materials Science & Technology, University of Crete, Heraklion70013, Greece
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD4072, Australia
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García-Ramírez J, González-Cortés LA, Miranda LD. A Modular Synthesis of the Rhazinilam Family of Alkaloids and Analogs Thereof. Org Lett 2022; 24:8093-8097. [PMID: 36095152 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c02446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A short, modular strategy for synthesizing three representative alkaloids of the (±)-rhazinilam family and 10 non-natural analogs is described. The protocol involves a radical addition/cyclization cascade reaction that assembles the tetrahydroindolizine system decorated with appropriate groups for a subsequent Pd-mediated cyclization, which generates the nine-membered lactam.
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- Jazmín García-Ramírez
- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior S. N., Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior S. N., Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior S. N., Ciudad Universitaria, Ciudad de México, 04510, Mexico
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Zard SZ. The xanthate route to six-membered carbocycles. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH 2022. [DOI: 10.1177/17475198221088194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Convergent routes to various six-membered carbocyclic architectures exploiting the unique radical chemistry of xanthates are described in this brief review. Three approaches are discussed. The first is the modification of existing cyclohexane building blocks, namely, cyclohexanones, cyclohexenones and cyclohexenes. The second deals with the construction of six-membered carbocycles by associating the chemistry of xanthates with classical ionic reactions, especially the Robinson annulation, the Michael addition and the Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons condensation. Finally, the third route is the formation of six-membered rings by direct six- exo and, but more rarely, six- endo cyclisation modes. Many of the complex structures presented herein would be tedious to obtain by more traditional methods.
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- Samir Z Zard
- Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique associé au C. N. R. S., UMR 7652, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
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Z. Zard S, Quiclet-Sire B. The Xanthate Route to Benzazepinones and Their Aza Congeners. HETEROCYCLES 2022. [DOI: 10.3987/rev-22-sr(r)9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Zard SZ. The Xanthate Route to Indolines, Indoles, and their Aza Congeners. Chemistry 2020; 26:12689-12705. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202001341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Revised: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Samir Z. Zard
- Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique, UMR 7652 Ecole Polytechnique 91128 Palaiseau France
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Chen X, Zard SZ. Convergent Route to β-Amino Acids and to β-Heteroarylethylamines: An Unexpected Vinylation Reaction. Org Lett 2020; 22:3628-3632. [PMID: 32314926 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Various protected β2-amino acids can be prepared by radical addition of β-phthalimido-α-xanthyl propionic acid, both as the free acid or as the ethyl ester. Successive radical additions provide access to more complex structures. In the case of the free acid, addition to certain heteroaromatics leads directly to β-heteroarylethylamines through spontaneous decarboxylation of the intermediate adduct. Forcing the decarboxylation in some cases generated a vinyl group by decarboxylative elimination of the phthalimido group.
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- Xuan Chen
- Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique, CNRS UMR 7652 Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Cedex Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique, CNRS UMR 7652 Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Cedex Palaiseau, France
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Williamson JB, Na CG, Johnson RR, Daniel WFM, Alexanian EJ, Leibfarth FA. Chemo- and Regioselective Functionalization of Isotactic Polypropylene: A Mechanistic and Structure-Property Study. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:12815-12823. [PMID: 31373806 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b05799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Polyolefins represent a high-volume class of polymers prized for their attractive thermomechanical properties, but the lack of chemical functionality on polyolefins makes them inadequate for many high-performance engineering applications. We report a metal-free postpolymerization modification approach to impart functionality onto branched polyolefins without the deleterious chain-coupling or chain-scission side reactions inherent to previous methods. The identification of conditions for thermally initiated polyolefin C-H functionalization combined with the development of new reagents enabled the addition of xanthates, trithiocarbonates, and dithiocarbamates to a variety of commercially available branched polyolefins. Systematic experimental and kinetic studies led to a mechanistic hypothesis that facilitated the rational design of reagents and reaction conditions for the thermally initiated C-H xanthylation of isotactic polypropylene (iPP) within a twin-screw extruder. A structure-property study showed that the functionalized iPP adheres to polar surfaces twice as strongly as commercial iPP while demonstrating similar tensile properties. The fundamental understanding of the elementary steps in amidyl radical-mediated polyolefin functionalization provided herein reveals key structure-reactivity relationships for the design of improved reagents, while the demonstration of chemoselective and scalable iPP functionalization to realize a material with improved adhesion properties indicates the translational potential of this method.
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- Jill B Williamson
- Department of Chemistry , The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , United States
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- Department of Applied Physical Sciences , The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27599 , United States
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- Samir Z. Zard
- Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique, CNRS UMR 7652Ecole Polytechnique FR-91128 Palaiseau France
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Kaga A, Wu X, Lim JYJ, Hayashi H, Lu Y, Yeow EKL, Chiba S. Degenerative xanthate transfer to olefins under visible-light photocatalysis. Beilstein J Org Chem 2018; 14:3047-3058. [PMID: 30591827 PMCID: PMC6296426 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.14.283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 11/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The degenerative transfer of xanthates to olefins is enabled by the iridium-based photocatalyst [Ir{dF(CF3)ppy}2(dtbbpy)](PF6) under blue LED light irradiation. Detailed mechanistic investigations through kinetics and photophysical studies revealed that the process operates under a radical chain mechanism, which is initiated through triplet-sensitization of xanthates by the long-lived triplet state of the iridium-based photocatalyst.
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- Atsushi Kaga
- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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McCombie SW, Quiclet-Sire B, Zard SZ. Reflections on the mechanism of the Barton-McCombie Deoxygenation and on its consequences†. Tetrahedron 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2018.03.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The alkylation of enolates is one of the backbones of ketone chemistry, yet in practice it suffers from numerous limitations due to problems of regiochemistry (including O- versus C-alkylation), multiple alkylations, self-condensation, competing elimination, and incompatibility with many polar groups that have to be protected. Over the years, various solutions have been devised to overcome these difficulties, such as the employment of auxiliary ester or sulfone groups to modify the p Ka of the enolizable hydrogens, the passage by the corresponding hydrazones, the use of transition-metal-catalyzed redox systems to formally alkylate ketones with alcohols, etc. Most of these hurdles disappear upon switching to α-ketonyl radicals. Radicals are tolerant of most polar functions, and radical additions to flat sp2 centers are generally easier to accomplish than enolate substitution at tetrahedral sp3 carbons. The main stumbling block, however, has been a lack of generally applicable methods for the generation and intermolecular capture of α-ketonyl radicals. We have found over the past years that the degenerative exchange of xanthates represents in many ways an ideal solution to this problem. It overcomes essentially all of the difficulties faced by other radical processes because of its unique ability to reversibly store reactive radicals in a dormant, nonreactive form. The lifetime of the radicals can therefore be significantly enhanced, even in the concentrated medium needed for bimolecular additions, while at the same time regulating their absolute and relative concentrations. The ability to perform intermolecular additions to highly functionalized alkene partners opens up numerous possibilities for rapid and convergent access to complex structures. Of particular importance is the elaboration of ketones that are prone to self-condensation, such trifluoroacetone, and of base-sensitive ketones, such as chloro- and dichloroacetone, since the products can be used for the synthesis of a myriad fluorinated and heteroaromatic compounds of relevance to medicinal chemistry and agrochemistry. The formal distal dialkylation of ketones, also of utmost synthetic interest, is readily accomplished, allowing convenient access to a wide array of useful ketone building blocks. Cascade processes can be implemented and, in alliance with powerful classical reactions (aldol, alkylative Birch reductions, etc.), furnish a quick route to complex polycyclic scaffolds. Furthermore, the presence of the xanthate group in the adducts can be exploited to obtain a variety of arenes and heteroarenes, such as pyrroles, thiophenes, naphthalenes, and pyridines, as well as enones, dienes, and cyclopropanes. Last but not least, the reagents and most of the starting materials are exceedingly cheap, and the reactions are safe and easy to scale up.
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- Samir Z. Zard
- Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique, CNRS UMR 7652 Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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Hayashi H, Kaga A, Wang B, Gagosz F, Chiba S. Use of a benzyl ether as a traceless hydrogen donor in the anti-Markovnikov hydrofunctionalization of alkenes with xanthates. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:7535-7538. [PMID: 29926014 DOI: 10.1039/c8cc02971g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A new protocol for the anti-Markovnikov hydrofunctionalization of alkenyl alcohol O-Bn ethers was developed using xanthates as functionalizing agents in the presence of lauroyl peroxide as a radical initiator and a stoichiometric oxidant. The benzyl group serves as a traceless hydrogen donor in the remote radical hydrogen atom transfer event during the process.
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- Hirohito Hayashi
- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore.
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Jenkins EN, Czaplyski WL, Alexanian EJ. A General Approach to Quaternary Center Construction from Couplings of Unactivated Alkenes and Acyl Xanthates. Org Lett 2017; 19:2350-2353. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b00882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Ernest N. Jenkins
- Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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Quiclet-Sire B, Zard SZ. Some aspects of radical cascade and relay reactions. Proc Math Phys Eng Sci 2017; 473:20160859. [PMID: 28484329 PMCID: PMC5415689 DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2016.0859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2016] [Accepted: 03/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The ability to create carbon-carbon bonds is at the heart of organic synthesis. Radical processes are particularly apt at creating such bonds, especially in cascade or relay sequences where more than one bond is formed, allowing for a rapid assembly of complex structures. In the present brief overview, examples taken from the authors' laboratory will serve to illustrate the strategic impact of radical-based approaches on synthetic planning. Transformations involving nitrogen-centred radicals, electron transfer from metallic nickel and the reversible degenerative exchange of xanthates will be presented and discussed. The last method has proved to be a particularly powerful tool for the intermolecular creation of carbon-carbon bonds by radical additions even to unactivated alkenes. Various functional groups can be brought into the same molecule in a convergent manner and made to react together in order to further increase the structural complexity. One important benefit of this chemistry is the so-called RAFT/MADIX technology for the manufacture of block copolymers of almost any desired architecture.
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- Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique, CNRS UMR 7652, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France
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Quiclet-Sire B, Zard SZ. On the Strategic Impact of the Degenerative Transfer of Xanthates on Synthetic Planning. Isr J Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201600094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Béatrice Quiclet-Sire
- Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique associé au CNRS; Ecole Polytechnique, F-; 91128 Palaiseau Cedex France
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- Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique associé au CNRS; Ecole Polytechnique, F-; 91128 Palaiseau Cedex France
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Zard SZ. The xanthate route to organofluorine derivatives. A brief account. Org Biomol Chem 2016; 14:6891-912. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ob01087c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The radical chemistry of xanthates allows numerous approaches to organofluorine compounds.
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- Samir Z. Zard
- Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique UMR 7652
- Ecole Polytechnique
- 91128 Palaiseau
- France
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Pennetreau F, Vriamont C, Vanhorenbeke B, Riant O, Hermans S. Covalent Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes with Xanthates and Peroxides. European J Org Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201403545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Noble BB, Coote ML. Mechanistic Perspectives on Stereocontrol in Lewis Acid-Mediated Radical Polymerization. ADVANCES IN PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.apoc.2015.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Peng CH, Yang TY, Zhao Y, Fu X. Reversible deactivation radical polymerization mediated by cobalt complexes: recent progress and perspectives. Org Biomol Chem 2014; 12:8580-7. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ob01427h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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