Publications by Maria Victoria Vita

Cyclic Hypervalent Iodine Reagents for Atom-Transfer Reactions: Beyond Trifluoromethylation

Jérôme Waser, Durga Prasada Rao Hari, Yifan Li, Maria Victoria Vita

Hypervalent iodine compounds are privileged reagents in organic synthesis because of their exceptional reactivity. Among these compounds, cyclic derivatives stand apart because of their enhanced stability. They have been widely used as oxidants, but their ...

Wiley-Blackwell2016

Cyclic Hypervalent Iodine Reagents and Pd-Catalysis : Asymmetric Synthesis of α-Alkynyl and α-Azido Carbonyl Compounds

Maria Victoria Vita

Developing new strategies and methods to explore new dimensions of the chemical space represents an important goal for organic chemists. One particular synthetic approach that emerged in the last decades is Umpolung: the normal polarity of chemical functio ...

EPFL2015

Cyclic Hypervalent Iodine Reagents and Iron Catalysts: The Winning Team for Late-Stage C-H Azidation

Jérôme Waser, Maria Victoria Vita

1+1=3: by combining the exceptional properties of benziodoxolone reagents and iron catalysts, Sharma and Hartwig have achieved an important breakthrough for the late-stage C-Hazidation of complex molecules. Nevertheless, moderate yields and selectivities w ...

Wiley-Blackwell2015

Enantioselective Synthesis of Homoallylic Azides and Nitriles via Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Allylation

Jérôme Waser, Paola Caramenti, Maria Victoria Vita

Azides and nitriles are important building blocks for the synthesis of nitrogen-containing bioactive compounds. The first example of enantioselective palladiumcatalyzed decarboxylative allylation of alpha-azido and cyano beta-ketoesters is reported. Indano ...

American Chemical Society2015

Taming Hypervalent Bonds and Strained Rings for Catalysis and Synthesis

Jérôme Waser, Reto Frei, Florian Patrick Marie Daniel De la Barre De Nanteuil, Yifan Li, Sophie Lucie Racine, Maria Victoria Vita, Eloísa Sofía Serrano Robledo

Improving the synthesis of complex organic molecules is essential for progress in many fields such as medicine, agrochemicals or materials. Since 2007, our laboratory has been focusing on the development of non-classical bond disconnections based on the us ...

2014

Enantioselective Synthesis of Polycyclic Carbocycles via an Alkynylation-Allylation-Cyclization Strategy

Jérôme Waser, Pascal Miéville, Maria Victoria Vita

A new general three-stage strategy to access polycyclic ring systems bearing all-carbon quaternary centers with high enantioselectivity is reported. The required starting materials were readily accessed in racemic form through the alpha-alkynylation of ket ...

American Chemical Society2014

Azidation of beta-Keto Esters and Silyl Enol Ethers with a Benziodoxole Reagent

Jérôme Waser, Maria Victoria Vita

The efficient azidation of beta-keto esters and silyl enol ethers using a benziodoxole-derived azide transfer reagent is reported. The azidation of cyclic beta-keto esters could be achieved in up to quantitative yields in the absence of any catalyst. In th ...

American Chemical Society2013