carbene insertion

Professor Xu Haichao’s Research Group Achieves Significant Progress in Organic Electrosynthesis

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Professor Xu Haichao's Research Group Achieves Significant Progress in Organic Electrosynthesis

Research Updates Professor Xu Haichao’s research group, in collaboration with Professor Lang Kai’s team from Heilongjiang University, has made significant progress in the field of organic electrosynthesis. Their research, titled “Carbene Reactivity Directly from Aldehydes via Low-Valent Iron Electrocatalysis,” has been published online in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c17027). Carbenes are … Read more

Modular Synthesis of C2-Substituted Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes via Photocatalysis

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Modular Synthesis of C2-Substituted Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes via Photocatalysis

Image SourceJ. Am. Chem. Soc. Abstract:Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes (BCPs) play a crucial role as saturated bioisosteres for planar phenyl rings. As strategic three-dimensional substitutes for ortho- or meta-substituted aromatics, C2-substituted BCPs provide an opportunity to access an underexplored chemical space. Finding efficient and broadly applicable synthetic routes for these scaffolds remains a significant challenge, primarily due to … Read more