Advanced green synthesis: Solvent-free and catalyst-free reaction
February 2025
The solvent-free and catalyst-free (SFCF) reaction has garnered significant interest among chemists due to its alignment with many of the 12 principles of green chemistry. In recent years, numerous...
Transaminase catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients
Available online 16 March 2024
Chiral amine molecules constitute vital components of pharmaceutical ingredients. Recent years have witnessed a growing focus on the efficient synthesis of chiral amines. Transaminases, as catalysts,...
Green polyurethanes from bio-based building blocks: Recent advances and applications
August 2025
Polyurethanes (PUs) are among the most studied, manufactured, and employed polymers due to their versatility and wide range of applications. However, their synthesis generally relies on toxic, non-renewable,...
Azide-based difunctionalization of alkenes
Available online 5 August 2025
As an important class of nitrogen-containing functional molecules, azides have attracted considerable attention in synthetic chemistry and functional materials due to their reaction diversity and derivatization...
1,3-Indanedione: An versatile building block
May 2023
Indanone-containing compounds are very important components of various natural products, chemical drugs, agrochemicals and functionalized material fields. 1,3-Indanedione is a typical cyclic 1,3-dicarbonyl...
Recent advances in transition-metal-free conversion of aldehydes to ketones
August 2025
The preparation of functionalized ketones occupies an important position in synthetic organic chemistry because ketones are ubiquitous structural motifs in a broad range of compounds with various applications....
Advances of Ugi reaction in natural product synthesis
August 2025
The Ugi multicomponent reaction represents a highly efficient synthetic transformation, wherein all four reactants (isocyanides, amine, aldehyde or ketone and a nucleophile) are combined in one pot...
Flow chemistry in the multi-step synthesis of natural products
August 2022
The total synthesis of natural products is constantly facing many challenges derived from the complexed chemical structures, the lengthy synthetic routes, the time-consuming workup procedures and the...
Recent advances in the syntheses of pyrroles
February 2023
The pyrrole moiety is an important structural motif in functional materials, natural products, and pharmaceuticals. More and more synthetic strategies toward pyrroles have emerged, where various efficient...
Sustainable synthetic routes to deuterium-labelled organic compounds using immobilized and recyclable (bio)catalysts
February 2025
Deuterium(D)-labelled organic compounds are used in many applications e.g., as therapeutic agents, internal standards in drug discovery and development, and new functional materials including dyes,...
Recent advances in the photocatalytic applications of ethyl bromodifluoroacetate: A review
Available online 7 August 2025
Organic compounds bearing fluorine atoms have received widespread attention in recent years owing to their specific bioactivity and good biocompatibility compared to their nonfluorinated counterparts....
Aminoalkylation of alkynyl bromides for accessing propargylamines via visible-light-driven multicomponent reaction
Available online 20 August 2025
Propargylamines are an important class of organic motifs that exist in a myriad of biologically active molecules. In this paper, we present a new approach for synthesising propargylamines, which utilises...
Carbon dioxide radical anion mediated regioselective carboxy-cyclization of alkenes
Available online 29 July 2025
Cyclopropyl fatty acid linkers and their derivatives serve as high-value pharmacophores in pharmaceutical and biotechnological research. Despite significant advancements in the hydrocarboxylation and...
Applications of cytochrome P450 monooxygenases in the biosynthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients
Available online 27 May 2025
The synthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) constitutes a pivotal juncture within the pharmaceutical industry, prompting researchers to relentlessly pursue novel methodologies that enhance...
Synthesis of dydrogesterone by aromatization-dearomatization strategy
August 2025
Dydrogesterone as an agonist of the progesterone receptor is an important and selective synthetic progesterone used for the treatment of a variety of conditions associated with progesterone deficiency...
Recent advances in C–B bond formation by borylation with NHC–boranes
Available online 25 September 2025
Organoboron compounds play a pivotal role in synthetic, pharmaceutical, and material chemistry due to their distinctive properties. Developing efficient, regioselective methods for C–B bond construction...
Skeletal recasting of benzo[c][1,2]dithiol-3-ones for the construction of 3-hydroxybenzo[b]thiophenes
Available online 11 August 2025
An unprecedented carbene-induced skeletal recasting of benzo[c][1,2]dithiol-3-ones is demonstrated herein. This Pd-catalyzed molecular editing of benzo[c][1,2]dithiol-3-ones serves as a powerful platform...
Enantiodivergent synthesis of axially chiral alkylidene cyclohexylamines by imine reductases-catalyzed desymmetrization
Available online 20 August 2025
Axially chiral alkylidene cycloalkanes are important scaffolds in various bioactive molecules, yet their synthesis remains challenging. In this study, we describe the imine reductases (IREDs)-catalyzed...
Electrochemical generation of nitrogen-centered radicals for organic synthesis
May 2021
There is a resurgence of interests in organic electrochemistry, which is generally accepted as a green synthetic tool. In this context, many electrochemical methods have been developed in the past decade...
Organophosphorus catalytic reaction based on reduction of phosphine oxide
May 2023
The special electronic configuration of phosphorus atoms endows organophosphorus reagents with unique chemical properties, which enable them to be used to catalyze various organic reactions, such as...
Synthesis of nucleoside drugs for the treatment of HBV infection: An updated review
Available online 7 June 2025
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a significant global health concern, characterized by its potential to cause acute and chronic liver diseases. Despite the availability of effective vaccines and treatments,...
CO2 hydrogenation to methanol on the incapsulated Cu-Zn catalyst: Effect of the MCM-41 and SBA-15 supports and the method of preparation on catalytic activity
Available online 7 April 2025
The catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide toward methanol is of great practical and scientific importance in the concept of reducing CO2 emissions. Moreover, it can partially solve the problem of human...
Recent advances in the catalytic asymmetric synthesis of spirocyclic tetrahydroquinolines, tetrahydroisoquinolines and their derivatives
Available online 6 June 2025
Spirocyclic tetrahydroquinolines (spiro-THQs) and tetrahydroisoquinolines (spiro-iTHQs), along with their derivatives constitute a prominent class of natural products, which exhibit a broad spectrum...
Biotechnological synthesis of nucleoside analogs: Recent progress and perspectives
Available online 16 May 2025
Nucleoside analogs play an indispensable role in antiviral and anticancer therapies, and improving their synthesis methods has become a focal area of research. In recent years, technological breakthroughs...
CO2-promoted photoredox-catalyzed cascade cyclization of N-propargylindoles with sulfinates
Available online 12 August 2025
Simultaneous incorporation of a sulfonyl group and a tricyclic indole framework within a single molecular might yield structural motifs commonly found in bioactive compounds. Herein, we present a CO2-promoted...