Atom-economic generation of gold carbenes: gold-catalyzed formal [3+2] cycloaddition between ynamides and isoxazolesAihua Zhou, Qiao He, Chao Shu et al.|Chemical Science|2014 an α-imino gold carbene pathway, thus providing a strategically novel, atom-economic route to the generation of gold carbenes. Other significant features of this approach include the use of readily-available starting materials, high flexibility, simple procedure, mild reaction conditions, and in particular, no need to exclude moisture or air ("open flask").
Ammonium Iodide Induced Nonradical Regioselective Sulfenylation of Flavones via a C–H Functionalization ProcessWannian Zhao, Ping Xie, Zhaogang Bian et al.|The Journal of Organic Chemistry|2015 A novel and highly regioselective ammonium iodide-induced nonradical sulfenylation method for the construction of a C-S bond was developed via C-H functionalization. With DMSO or R(1)SO2NHNH2 as a sulfenylating agent, MeS- and R(1)S-substituted flavone derivatives were obtained in good yields. This method enriches current C-S bond formation chemistry, making it a highly valuable and practical method in pharmaceutical industry.
Regioselective Cross-Couplings of Coumarins and Flavones with Ethers via C(sp<sup>3</sup>)–H FunctionalizationBen Niu, Wannian Zhao, Yingcai Ding et al.|The Journal of Organic Chemistry|2015 Coumarin and flavone derivatives are highly valuable molecules in drug discovery. Here, two new regioselective cross-dehydrogenation couplings of coumarins and flavones with different ethers via C(sp(3))-H functionalization processes were developed, generating new ether-substituted derivatives not previously reported. These reactions proceeded well via radical mechanisms and provided the corresponding products in good yields.
α-Haloarylsulfonamides: multiple cyclization pathways to skeletally diverse benzofused sultamsAtom‐Economic Synthesis of Fully Substituted 2‐Aminopyrroles via Gold‐Catalyzed Formal [3+2] Cycloaddition between Ynamides and IsoxazolesXinyu Xiao, Aihua Zhou, Chao Shu et al.|Chemistry - An Asian Journal|2015 A concise and flexible synthesis of fully substituted 2-aminopyrroles via gold-catalyzed formal [3+2] cycloaddition between ynamides and isoxazoles has been developed. Under mild reaction conditions, various 2-aminopyrrole derivatives were obtained in good to excellent yields, thus providing an efficient and atom-economic way for the construction of fully substituted 2-aminopyrroles.