Hui Gao

TL;DR: This work reports on the synthesis of four types of fluorinated heterocycles via rhodium(III)-catalyzed C-H activation of arenes/alkenes and versatile coupling with 2,2-difluorovinyl tosylate and the origins of the intriguing selectivity in the competing β-F elimination versus C-N bond formation were elucidated.

TL;DR: In this article, a palladium catalyst supported on amine-functionalized metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) was used for selective hydrogenation of biomass-based 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to 2,5-dihydroxymethyl-tetrahydrofuran (DHMTHF) with 2, 5-diphosphoric acid (DHA) as an observed intermediate.

TL;DR: By virtue of a synergistically dual-directing-group (the O-NHAc part and the hydroxyl group)-assisted strategy, the efficient and practical Rh(III)-catalyzed regioselective redox-neutral C-H functionalization of diverse N-phenoxyacetamides with propargyl alcohols has been realized, which led to the divergent synthesis of privileged benzofuran and chalcone frameworks in a solvent-controlled chemose-lective manner Experimental and computational studies reveal that the formation of the hydrogen bonding between dual directing

TL;DR: Chen et al. as discussed by the authors showed a bifunctional stabilizing mechanism of the composite support PANI/CNT on palladium nanoparticles in the catalyst Pd-PANI/cNT, which can play a role in controlling the conversion and selectivity in the direct hydrogenation of phenol to cyclohexanone.