Recent Advances in Low-Valent Tungsten-Catalyzed Organic Reactions

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低价钨催化的有机反应研究进展

许嘉龙^a, 孔泉^a, 陈建辉^*,b, 张明月^a, 姬小明^*,a, 程彪^*,a

^a河南农业大学烟草学院郑州 450046;
^b温州大学化学与材料工程学院温州 325035

收稿日期:2025-09-09 修回日期:2025-11-11
基金资助:
国家自然科学基金(No. 22301063)、河南农业大学拔尖人才基金(No. 30501288)、河南省高等学校重点科研项目(No. 23A210022)资助项目.

Recent Advances in Low-Valent Tungsten-Catalyzed Organic Reactions

Xv Jialong^a, Kong Quan^a, Chen Jianhui^*,b, Zhang Mingyue^a, Ji Xiaoming^*,a, Cheng Biao^*,a

^aCollege of Tobacco Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046;
^bCollege of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035

Received:2025-09-09 Revised:2025-11-11
Contact: ^*E-mail: cjh@wzu.edu.cn; xiaomingji@henau.edu.cn; chengbiao@henau.edu.cn
Supported by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 22301063), the Top-Notch Personnel Fund of Henan Agricultural University (No. 30501288), Key Research Project of Higher Education Institutions in Henan Province (No. 23A210022).

Low-valent tungsten catalysts have emerged to enable selective and efficient organic transformations, leveraging their unique redox flexibility, variable coordination geometries, and high Lewis acidity. This review consolidates key developments in reaction design, mechanistic insights, and substrate scope expansion, positioning low-valent tungsten catalytic systems as a complementary and sustainable approach to conventional noble-metal systems. We aim for this review to serve as a valuable reference for researchers and stimulate further innovation in the development and application of low-valent tungsten catalysis in organic synthesis and related fields.

Key words: low-valent tungsten catalysis, allylic substitutions, reductions, isomerization−functionalizations

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Xv Jialong, Kong Quan, Chen Jianhui, Zhang Mingyue, Ji Xiaoming, Cheng Biao. Recent Advances in Low-Valent Tungsten-Catalyzed Organic Reactions[J]. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, doi: 10.6023/cjoc202509012.

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