Shulin Chen

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: Mechanistic studies suggest that the protocol proceeds based upon in situ generated TsN·NaI, and the green methodology is featured by high atom economy, easily available starting materials, no requirement of hazardous reagent, operational simplicity, and good tolerance with diverse functional groups.