Solvent-Mediated Switching Between Oxidative Addition and Addition-Oxidation: Access to β-Hydroxysulfides and β-Arylsulfones by Addition of Thiols to Olefins in the Presence of Oxone

The reaction between aryl olefins and thiols in the presence of Oxone in toluene-water (9:1, v/v) affords β-hydroxy-2-arylethyl aryl sulfides smoothly by interception of the intermediary thiyl radicals with aryl...

Photoredox-Catalyzed Hydrosulfamoylation of Styrenes and Its Application in the Novel Synthesis of Naratriptan

The sulfonamidation of diverse aryl olefins is facile access to synthesize alkylsulfonamides. Here we report a novel protocol utilizing radical-mediated addition and thiol-assisted strategy to achieve hydrosulfamoylation of diverse styrenes...

A metal-free heterogeneous photocatalyst for the selective oxidative cleavage of CC bonds in aryl olefins via harvesting direct solar energy

A mild protocol has been developed using polymeric carbon nitrides (PCN) as metal-free heterogeneous photocatalyst to convert olefins into the corresponding carbonyls which even can be applied in the gram scale synthesis using direct solar energy.

Palladium-catalyzed regio- and enantioselective hydroesterification of aryl olefins with CO gas

An effective Pd-catalyzed regio- and enantioselective hydroesterification of aryl olefins with CO gas is described.