Physical Organic Chemistry

A unified mechanistic framework for DDQ-promoted transformation of electron-deficient alkenes: the addition-coupled electron transfer (ACET) perspective

First experimental measurement of the physical organic chemical property of ACET

Harnessing Alkaline-earth Metal Reactivity: Mechanistic Insights into Alkene and Alkyne Functionalization via Organomagnesium(II) and Organobarium(II) Catalysis

The missing part in main group catalysis

Enantioselective synthesis of bulky planar-chiral pillar[n]arenes through dynamic kinetic resolution

The precise synthesis of planar chiral pillar[n]arenes (PAs) faces significant challenges due to their inherent dynamic racemization induced by rapid molecular flipping. To address this issue and enhance conformational stability of these macrocycles, …

A Computational Research on Ag(I)-Catalyzed Cubane Rearrangement: Mechanism, Metal and Counteranion Effect, Ligand Engineering and Post-Transition State Desymmetrization

This is Silver.

Ambimodal Addition-Coupled Electron Transfer Mechanism in a Pb(IV)-Promoted Oxidative Dearomatization Reaction

Brand new chemistry in old reactions.

Mechanistic Basis for Oxoammonium Salt-Mediated Tertiary Alcohol Oxidative Transformation Decoded by Computations and Experiments

Revisiting an old mechanism.

The Potential Role of Addition Coupled Electron Transfer (ACET) in Single Atom Catalysis: The Hydrogen Transfer from Metalloporphyrin to Imine is an ACET

ACET is ubiquitous!

Formal Pericyclic-Coupled Electron Transfer: I. Stepwise Formal Diels-Alder Cycloaddition Enabled by Addition-Coupled Electron Transfer

Can pericyclic reaction couple with ET?

Addition Coupled Electron Transfer (ACET) and Addition Coupled Proton Coupled Electron Transfer (ACPCET)

Go beyond PCET

Elucidating the Selectivity of Dyotropic Rearrangements of β-Lactones: A Computational Survey

An old mystery