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Publications

The Versatile Reaction Chemistry of an Alpha-Boryl Diazo Compound

Yao Liu, Raimon Puig de la Bellacasa, Bo Li, Ana B. Cuenca, Shih-Yuan Liu

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, ASAP

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Exploring the benzylic gem-C(sp3)-Boron-Silicon and Boron-Tin Centers
as a Synthetic Platform

Wei W. Chen, Nahiane Pipaon Fernández, Marta Díaz Baranda, Anton Cunillera, Laura G. Rodríguez, Alexandr Shafir,* Ana B. Cuenca*

Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 10514-10521 (link)

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Iodane‐Guided ortho C−H Allylation

Wei W. Chen, Anton Cunillera, Dandan Chen, Sébastien Lethu,

Albert López de Moragas, Jun Zhu, Miquel Solà,* Ana B. Cuenca,* Alexandr Shafir*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 20201–20207

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Mini Review

The Power of Iodane‐Guided C−H Coupling:

A Group‐Transfer Strategy in Which a Halogen Works for Its Money

Wei W. Chen, Ana B. Cuenca,* Alexandr Shafir*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 16294 – 16309

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Synthesis of Polysubstituted Iodoarenes Enabled by Iterative Iodine-Directed para and ortho C−H Functionalization

Yichen Wu, Sébastien Bouvet, Susana Izquierdo, Alexandr Shafir*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 2617 – 2621

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The Coming of Age in Iodane-Guided ortho-C−H Propargylation:
From Insight to Synthetic Potential

Susana Izquierdo, Sébastien Bouvet, Yichen Wu, Sonia Molina, Alexandr Shafir*

Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 15517 – 15521

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2020

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Mini Review

The Power of Iodane‐Guided C−H Coupling:

A Group‐Transfer Strategy in Which a Halogen Works for Its Money

Wei W. Chen, Ana B. Cuenca,* Alexandr Shafir*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 16294 – 16309

doi: 10.1002/anie.202009369

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Hypervalent organoiodane reagents are ubiquitous in organic synthesis, both as oxidants and as electrophilic group transfer agents. In addition to these hallmark applications, a complementary strategy is gaining momentum that exploits the ability of λ3-iodanes to undergo iodine-to-arene group transfer, e.g. via iodonio-Claisen-type rearrangement processes. This Minireview discusses recent advances in the use of this method to access a variety of the C-H functionalized iodoarenes. 

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