Jianan Li

Our recent work on aliphatic CO-to-N atom swap enabled by NAHA chemistry, now online in @ScienceMagazine ! Congratulations to Zining, Zhehan and @RongYehhh ! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

As part of the new 'Photoredox Catalysis' special issue, we present our account on the use of thianthrenium salts in photochemistry! SET, energy transfer and photoinduced homolytic cleavage – thianthrenium salts can do it all! Open access🔓 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Synthesis of Phenazin-1-one from 3,4-Dihydroxysalicylaldehyde-Derived Schiff Base via Oxidative Condensation and Diversification. pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.102…

Visible-Light-Excited Lewis Acid Catalyzed Intermolecular [2σ + 3π] Photocycloadditions pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

The same is not the same(II): Sunaina shows that a-nitroradicals formed via Cu(II)-photooxidation of nitroalkanes undergo formal [3+2]-cycloadditions with alkynes/alkenes, greatly broadening the concerted pathway (Machetti reaction). doi.org/10.1002/anie.2…

Tip-induced oxygen deletion enables single-molecule skeletal editing, contracting a seven-membered O-ring on NaCl to form perylene frameworks, with AFM/STM characterization and DFT revealing the mechanism｜Skeletal Editing by Tip-Induced Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

A metal-free radical dearomative hydroalkylation of indoles enables broad, functional-group-tolerant access to 3D indolines via transient indolenium ions｜A Pragmatic Radical Strategy for Dearomative Hydroalkylation of Unactivated Indoles pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Thrilled to share our latest work in @J_A_C_S, describing a general route to 2-alkyl-substituted 4-membered rings from alkenes. Well done to @buck_louis77859, @Maria_Pelosi, and everyone else involved for the exceptional team effort. @ChemistryUoN pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Iridium-Catalyzed Direct and Site-Selective C–H Heteroarylation, Alkenylation, and Alkylation of Indoles. pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.102…

C–H Bond Sulfonylation from Thianthrenium Salts and DABCO·(SO2)2: Synthesis of 2-Sulfonylindoles pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Check out our review discussing the early development and recent advances in photoexcited transition metal-catalysed HAT processes. @NatureCatalysis Congrats to Kallol, Ayala, our collaborators from Armenia-Hasmik & prof. Robert Hakobyan for great effort! nature.com/articles/s4192…

Thrilled to announce our new @ChemRxiv preprint! Our work on photocatalytic decyanation of arylacetonitriles enabled by a diphenylboryl radical is now online. Congrats to the team!! @snakamur5 chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…

Markovnikov-Selective Hydroboration of Aryl Alkenes Catalyzed by Quaternary Ammonium Salts (@J_A_C_S): pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja… (@Jedrzej_ASCLab, @SzylingJ, @phu_chem).

Radical Retrosynthesis of Natural Products Enabled by Iron-based Reductive Olefin Coupling. Published today in @ChemRxiv : chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…

Synergistic Photocatalysis of Acridinium Salts and Pyridine N-Oxides for α-Aminoalkylation with N-Methylsulfonamides dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jo…

Our new paper is out in @J_A_C_S pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja… We developed an organic PCET catalyst that enables decarboxylation of diverse carboxylic acids.

Tune in this week to hear Yannick Brägger, talk us through his recent work on oxidative amination published in @ScienceMagazine! Link: youtu.be/CqpQu0QjwZU Paper: doi.org/10.1126/scienc… Thanks to Xingfeng for hosting and editing!!

New method for N-arylation of amines in DNA-encoded libraries! Using ruthenium-mediated pi-arene activation, aryl halides are activated, then undergo SNAr followed by photolysis to give the N-arylated DNA-conjugate. Out now in @J_A_C_S ! Open Access🔓 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

New @ChemRxiv preprint alert! 🚨 Alkene diversification just got easier with our new work on the synthesis of fluorosulfonyl aziridines from FSO2NH2! When you see what this bifunctional electrophile can do, you'll be *twice* as excited to try it yourself✨ tinyurl.com/4a85upak

A general photocatalytic platform for the regio- and stereoselective β-chloroacylation of alkenes and alkynes using a heteroleptic copper(I) complex bit.ly/44145LC