Deacylative Polyfluoroarylation via C–C Cleavage of Alkyl Ketones Polyfluoroarenes often exist in functional molecules; however, construction of alkyl–polyfluoroaryl bonds remains nontrivial, and the current approaches exhibit various limitations. Here we report the...

A collaboration between the Guangbin Dong and Scott A. Snyder research groups has reported a useful new method for chemical synthesis in Organic Letters. Link: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Unexpected Reactivity of Nitrones: Catalytic Insertion of CS2 A new reactivity mode for nitrones is reported, consisting of the chloride-catalyzed insertion of CS2 to afford thioamides. This reaction proceeds under metal-free and mild conditions, tolerates a bro...

Thrilled to share that our work on the chloride-catalyzed insertion of CS₂ into nitrones en route to thioamides has just been published in #OrganicLetters @pubs.acs.org Super proud of the work done by our amazing PhD student Marcos Lopez Aguilar!

Unveiling the True Identity of Carborane-Fused Phosphorus Heterocycles In recent years, the possible global 2D/3D aromaticity of carborane-fused cycles has been widely debated. While phosphorus heterocycles fused with carboranes are known, the 2D aromatic character in ca...

Happy to share our recent paper in Organic Letters. We explored the nature of a phosphorus-containing heterocycle fused to a carborane cage, providing new insights into the structure and bonding of these unique hybrid systems.
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