A new role for bismuth: an aryl-group transporter. ✨
Our organobismuth platform enables regiospecific α-arylation of diverse carbonyl compounds and is now out in Nature Chemistry!
Huge thanks to Viresh Rawal, Filippo Carpaneto, Pan-Pan Chen & K. N. Houk!
https://t.co/kcfc2MqvV4
Happy to see our Vinyl-Bis preparation independently validated and published in Organic Syntheses! Great to have a reliable procedure available for the community.
Preparation of Vinyltriphenylbismuthonium (Vinyl-Bis) Tetrafluoroborate and Hexafluoroantimonate Salts
Submitting Authors: Li Li, Filippo Carpaneto, Adriana Zayia, Jade Feria, and Viresh H. Rawal
Checking Authors: James H. Herbort and Kevin M. Maloney
https://t.co/oj1Qh2kmRX
Proud to share our latest innovation from the Viresh Rawal lab at UChicago! We've pioneered a transition metal-free, light-driven method to transform alkenes, simplifying arylethylamine drug synthesis with sustainable chemistry. @UChiChemistry@Chem_CP
https://t.co/sMlkmblDjs