Periodic Reporting for period 1 - CATKERB (Total Syntheses of Catharanthine and Keramaphidin B by an Iridium-Catalyzed Reductive Cyclization Cascade)

Introduction: The functionalization of organic molecules with difluoro- and trifluoromethyl groups has gained considerable attention in pharmaceutical and agrochemical research as well as in material science due to the remarkable impact of fluorine atoms on the physical...