Wei Zhou

TL;DR: An iron-catalyzed oxidative esterification reaction between unactivated C(sp(3))-H bonds from symmetric and asymmetric ethers and carboxylic acids using di-tert-butyl peroxide as the oxidant via a cross dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) reaction was established, providing an efficient method for the preparation of α-acyloxy ethers with good to excellent yields.

TL;DR: An efficient Fe(acac)3-catalyzed decarboxylative C(sp2)–C(sp3) coupling reaction via oxidation of C–H bond adjacent to an oxygen atom has been developed successfully, in which cyclic ethers are selectively transformed into the corresponding alkenylation products with good chemical yields and excellent stereoselectivities.

TL;DR: A metal-free hydroxyalkylation-initiated radical six-membered heterocycle formation reaction of N-allylbenzamide is developed, which provides a new route toward 4-substituted 3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-one derivatives.

TL;DR: A highly efficient and facile palladium-catalyzed tandem diperoxidation and C-H activation process was reported, which provides a new pathway for the synthesis of biologically active di peroxides as well as oxindole derivatives from readily available starting materials in excellent chemical yields.

TL;DR: The solution phase synthesis of N-protected amino acids and peptides has been achieved through the Group-Assisted Purification (GAP) chemistry by avoiding disadvantages of other methods in regard to the difficult scale-up, expenses of solid and soluble polymers, etc.