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ArticleNature synthesis2026

Alkyl sulfonyl fluorides as ambiphiles in the stereoselective palladium(II)-catalysed cyclopropanation of unactivated alkenes.

Yilin Cao, Warabhorn Rodphon, Turki M Alturaifi, Al Vicente Riano D Lisboa, Zhouyang Ren, Job J C Struijs, Hui-Qi Ni, Taras Savchuk, Richard P Loach, Shouliang Yang and 6 more

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Article in Nature synthesis, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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16 authors.

Yilin CaoDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4964-0565
Warabhorn Rodphon *Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA USA.
Turki M Alturaifi *Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA.
Al Vicente Riano D LisboaDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA USA.ORCID 0009-0008-4902-2522
Zhouyang RenDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA USA.
Job J C StruijsDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6051-2927
Hui-Qi NiDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA USA.ORCID 0009-0006-4848-638X
Taras SavchukEnamine Ltd., Kyiv, Ukraine.
Richard P LoachPfizer Medicinal Sciences, Groton, CT USA.
Shouliang YangPfizer Oncology Medicinal Chemistry, San Diego, CA USA.ORCID 0009-0005-0871-7457
Indrawan J McAlpinePfizer Oncology Medicinal Chemistry, San Diego, CA USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4230-4892
Donna G BlackmondDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA USA.
Pavel K MykhailiukEnamine Ltd., Kyiv, Ukraine.ORCID 0000-0003-1821-9011
Peng LiuDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8188-632X
K Barry SharplessDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6051-1599
Keary M EngleDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2767-6556

Funding

Computational Models for Reactivity and Selectivity in Transition Metal-Catalyzed Olefin FunctionalizationR35GM128779 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Peng Liu · 2018 to 2026
$2.9M
Controlled Catalytic Functionalization of Alkenes and AlkynesR35GM156483 · NIGMS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI Keary Mark Engle · 2025 to 2026
$1.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM128779NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM156483
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here we present the ambiphilic reactivity of alkyl sulfonyl fluorides in the stereoselective synthesis of diverse cyclopropanes from olefins, under palladium(II) catalysis. The sulfonyl fluoride functionality serves as both an acidifying group and an internal oxidant within the ambiphile, enabling successive carbopalladation and oxidative addition steps in the catalytic cycle, respectively. The transformation grants access to

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Homogeneous catalysisSynthetic chemistry methodology

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PMID41676747
PMCPMC12885951

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