Electron-deficient boron-based catalysts for C-H bond functionalisation

In contrast to transition metal-catalysed C-H functionalisation, highly efficient construction of C-C and C-X (X = N, O, S, B, Si, etc. ) bonds through metal-free catalytic C-H functionalisation remains one of the most challenging tasks for synthetic chemists. In recent years, electron-deficient bor...

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Published inChemical Society reviews Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 1945 - 1967
Main Authors Ma, Yuanhong, Lou, Shao-Jie, Hou, Zhaomin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Royal Society of Chemistry 15.02.2021
Subjects
Boron
Catalysis
Catalysts
catalytic activity
Chemistry
Chemists
Electrons
exhibitions
Hydrogen bonds
Transition metals
wills
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Summary:In contrast to transition metal-catalysed C-H functionalisation, highly efficient construction of C-C and C-X (X = N, O, S, B, Si, etc. ) bonds through metal-free catalytic C-H functionalisation remains one of the most challenging tasks for synthetic chemists. In recent years, electron-deficient boron-based catalyst systems have exhibited great potential for C-H bond transformations. Such emerging systems may greatly enrich the chemistry of C-H functionalisation and main-group element catalysis, and will also provide enormous opportunities in synthetic chemistry, materials chemistry, and chemical biology. This article aims to give a timely comprehensive overview to recognise the current status of electron-deficient boron-based catalysis in C-H functionalisation and stimulate the development of more efficient catalytic systems. This review article provides a comprehensive overview to recognise the current status of electron-deficient boron-based catalysis in C-H functionalisations.
Bibliography:Shao-Jie Lou was born in 1985 in Zhejiang, China. He obtained his PhD degree under the guidance of Prof. Xu at Zhejiang University of Technology in 2013. He was then a postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Xu's group for two years. Since 2015, he joined the group of Prof. Hou at RIKEN as a postdoctoral fellow, where he is focusing on the improvement of novel asymmetric transformations using rare-earth metal catalysis.
Yuanhong Ma was born in Gansu Province, China. In 2014, he received his PhD degree in organic chemistry from Sichuan University under the supervision of Prof. Jingsong You. During 2014-2018 he worked as a postdoc with Prof. Zhaomin Hou at RIKEN (Japan). In early 2018, he joined the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung (Germany) to perform his second postdoctoral studies with Dr J. Cornella. In 2020, he moved back to China and joined the Hunan Normal University to start his independent career. His current research interests include the development of green and sustainable catalytic methods and their synthetic application.
Zhaomin Hou received his PhD from Kyushu University in 1989. After postdoctoral studies at RIKEN (1989-1991) and the University of Windsor (1991-1993), he joined RIKEN as a tenured Research Scientist in 1993. He is now the Director of the Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory at RIKEN and holds a joint appointment as a Group Director and Deputy Center Director of the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science. Recent awards include the Chinese Chemical Society Yaozeng Huang Award in Organometallic Chemistry (2014), the Nagoya Silver Medal (2015) and the Chemical Society of Japan Awards (2018).
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ISSN:0306-0012
1460-4744
1460-4744
DOI:10.1039/d0cs00380h