16 Papers
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Kai Ren is an academic researcher from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Catalysis & Enantioselective synthesis. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 16 publications. Previous affiliations of Kai Ren include Guangxi University.
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Papers
Visible light induced radical cyclization of o-iodophenylacrylamides: a concise synthesis of indolin-2-one
TL;DR: This method provides new access to the synthesis of indolin-2-ones under mild reaction conditions and via 5-exo-trig radical cyclization under visible light.
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Visible light-induced intermolecular radical addition: facile access to γ-ketoesters from alkyl-bromocarboxylates and enamines.
TL;DR: A highly efficient addition of alkyl α-bromocarboxylates to enamines by visible light-induced photoredox catalysis is reported.
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Ruthenium-Catalyzed Oxidation of Allyl Alcohols with Intermolecular Hydrogen Transfer: Synthesis of α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds
TL;DR: Ruthenium-catalyzed oxidation of multisubstituted allyl alcohols in the presence of benzaldehyde gives enals or enones in good yields.
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Visible Light-Induced Intramolecular Dearomative Cyclization of α-Bromo-N-benzyl-alkylamides: Efficient Construction of 2-Azaspiro[4.5]decanes.
TL;DR: In this paper, an efficient intramolecular dearomative cyclization via visible light-induced photoredox catalysis allows for a highly regioselective dearomativity cyclization of α-bromo-N-benzyl-alkylamides to construct 2-azaspiro[4.5]decanes in the presence of an iridium catalyst.
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Cationic-Rhodium-Catalyzed Kinetic Resolution of Allylic Alcohols through a Redox Isomerization Reaction in a Noncoordinating Solvent
TL;DR: In this paper, the transition metal-catalyzed asymmetric isomerization of primary and secondary allylic alcohols has attracted much interest, but to the best of our knowledge, there are very few reported results.
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