Erbo Shi

TL;DR: A metal-free, simple, and scalable method for the synthesis of amides (III, V, VI, VII, and X) from commercially available or easily synthesized starting materials is described in this article.

TL;DR: The title reaction proceeds in the absence of transition metal catalysts, is operationally simple and tolerates a wide variety of functional groups like cyano, amide, aromatic halide, ether, ketone groups and C-C double bonds.

TL;DR: A metal-free C-H oxidation for the construction of allylic esters has been developed using a commercially available and inexpensive catalyst and oxidant and readily available starting materials, rendering the methodology a useful alternative to other approaches typically employed in the synthesis of allies.

TL;DR: A new oxidation of alkenes, catalyzed by a ruthenium complex, which allows an efficient route to α-diketones using TBHP as an oxidant is described, which is highly functional group tolerant, practically convenient, requires no additional ligand, and operates under mild conditions with short reaction times.

TL;DR: A novel strategy for the difunctionalization of styrenes was developed that produces (1-(tert-butylperoxy)-2-perfluoroalkyl)ethylbenzene at room temperature, which has been traditionally difficult to synthesize.