Publications by Emma Gabrielle Louise Robert

Enantioselective Synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted Thiocyclobutanes via Michael Addition

Jérôme Waser, Emma Gabrielle Louise Robert

We report the diastereoselective and enantioselective synthesis of thio-substituted cyclobutanes via a sulfa-Michael addition using cyclobutenes. In the presence of DBU, various thio-cyclobutane esters and amides were obtained in up to quantitative yield a ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2025

Synthesis and Activation of Heteroatom-Substituted Four-Membered Carbocycles

Emma Gabrielle Louise Robert

Strained ring systems such as cyclobutanes offer unique opportunities for synthetic innovation. Its significant ring strain, caused by compressed bond angles, presents synthetic challenges; however, this same strain renders the ring a valuable handle for a ...

EPFL2025

Silylium-Catalyzed Activation of DonorAcceptor Strained Rings and Annulation with Indoles

Jérôme Waser, Emma Gabrielle Louise Robert

: Leveraging the unique reactivity profile of donor -acceptor aminocyclopropanes and cyclobutanes allows the preparation of complex nitrogen -substituted molecules. While most reports focus on donor -acceptor strained rings with two geminal carbonyl groups ...

Swiss Chemical Soc2024

Diastereoselective Synthesis of N-Heterocycle Substituted Cyclobutanes via Michael Addition onto Cyclobutenes

Jérôme Waser, Emma Gabrielle Louise Robert

Herein, we present a method for the diastereoselective synthesis of N-heterocycle-substituted cyclobutanes from commercially available bromocyclobutanes. This method enables the efficient formation of various heterocyclic aminocyclobutane esters and amides ...

Wiley2024

Donor-Acceptor Aminocyclobutane Monoesters: Synthesis and Silylium-Catalyzed (4+2) Annulation with Indoles

Jérôme Waser, Matthew Wodrich, Emma Gabrielle Louise Robert, Vincent Géry C Pirenne

A convenient one-step synthesis of beta-aminocyclobutane monoesters starting from commercially available reagents is reported. The obtained strained rings undergo (4+2) dearomative annulation with indole partners using silylium catalysis. This organocataly ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2023

Synthesis of polycyclic aminal heterocycles via decarboxylative cyclisation of dipeptide derivatives

Jérôme Waser, Eliott Hugo Joran Le Du, Emma Gabrielle Louise Robert

An oxidative-decarboxylative intramolecular cyclisation of dipeptide derivatives is reported. This transformation is promoted by phenyl iodine(iii) diacetate (PIDA) in combination with BF3 center dot OEt2. The reaction gives access to a variety of valuable ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2022

Catalytic (3+2) annulation of donor-acceptor aminocyclopropane monoesters and indoles

Jérôme Waser, Vincent Géry C Pirenne, Emma Gabrielle Louise Robert

The efficient catalytic activation of donor-acceptor aminocyclopropanes lacking the commonly used diester acceptor is reported here in a (3 + 2) dearomative annulation with indoles. Bench-stable tosyl-protected aminocyclopropyl esters were converted into c ...

2021