
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
2025

Philipp Natho, Marco Colella, Annarita Vicenti, Giuseppe Romanazzi, Faizan Ullah, Nadeem Sadiq Sheikh, Andrew J. P. White, Francesco Pasca, and Renzo Luisi
Shifting Lithium Amide Reactivity to the Radical Domain: Regioselective Radical C-H Functionalization of 3-Iodooxetane for the Synthesis of 1,5-Dioxaspiro[2.3]hexanes
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025 advanced article

Francesco Pasca, Yuri Gelato, Michael Andresini, Defne Serbetci, Philipp Natho, Giuseppe Romanazzi, Leonardo Degennaro, Marco Colella, Renzo Luisi
Continuous Flow Decarboxylative Monofluoroalkylation Enabled by Photoredox Catalysis
JACS Au, 2025 asap
2024

F. Pasca, Y. Gelato, M. Andresini, G. Romanazzi, L. Degennaro, M. Colella, R. Luisi;
Synthesis of alcohols: streamlined C1 to Cn hydroxyalkylation through photoredox catalysis
Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 11337-11346

P. Natho, M. Colella, M. Andresini, L. Degennaro, R. Luisi
Taming 3-Oxetanyllithium Using Continuous Flow Technology
Org. Lett., 2024, 26, 3032-3036

E. Graziano, P. Natho, M. Andresini, F. Mastrolorito, I. Mahdi, E. Mesto, M. Colella, L. Degennaro, O. Nicolotti, R. Luisi
1-Oxa-2,6-Diazaspiro[3.3]heptane as a New Potential Piperazine Bioisostere – Flow-Assisted Preparation and Derivatisation by Strain-Release of Azabicyclo[1.1.0]butanes
Adv. Synth. Catal., 2024, 366, 3894-3902

R. I. Teixeira, M. Andresini, R. Luisi, B. Benyahia
Computer-Aided Retrosynthesis for Greener and Optimal Total Synthesis of a Helicase-Primase Inhibitor Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient
JACS Au, 2024, 4, 4263-4272

D. Serbetci, L. Marraffa, P. Natho, M. Andresini, R. Luisi
A Practical Guide to SuFEx Chemistry: An Overview of S(VI)-SuFEx Linkers and Their Reactivity,
Synthesis, 2024, 56, 10.1055/a-2410-2039

M. Andresini, L. Marraffa, D. Serbetci, P. Natho, M. Colella, L. Degennaro, R. Luisi
Synthesis of Aza-S(VI) Fluorides and Primary Sulfonimidamides from Sulfinylamines Adv. Synth. Catal., 2024, early view, 10.1002/adsc.202400908
Adv. Synth. Catal., 2024, early view, 10.1002/adsc.202400908

M. Andresini, M. Colella, L. Degennaro, R. Luisi
Overlooked aza-S(iv) motifs: synthesis and transformations of sulfinamidines and sulfinimidate esters
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2023, 21, 7681-7690
2023

M. Andresini, M. Colella, R. Savina Dibenedetto, E. Graziano, G. Romanazzi, A. Aramini, L. Degennaro, R. Luisi
Sustainable continuous flow synthesis of β-aminocarbonyls via acid-catalyzed hydration of N-Boc-2-azetines
React. Chem. Eng. 2023, 3203-3209

Colella M., Gelato Y., Andresini M., Graziano E., Vilé G., Degennaro L., Luisi R.
Forging C−S Bonds on the Azetidine Ring by Continuous Flow Photochemical Addition of Thiols and Disulfides to Azetines
European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2023
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202300413

P. Natho, R. Luisi
Flow chemistry as green technology for the genesis and use of organometallic reagents in the synthesis of key building blocks and APIs – an update
Tetrahedron Green Chem. 2023
DOI: 10.1016/j.tgchem.2023.100015

Gioiello A., Ceccarelli G., Colella M., Luisi R.
Streamlining C1 Homologation Reactions Using Continuous Flow Technology: Focus on Diazomethane and Methyllithium Chemistry
(2023) Homologation Reactions: Reagents, Applications, and Mechanisms: Volume 1 and 2, 1-2, pp. 143 - 190
DOI: 10.1002/9783527830237.ch3

Tota A., Spennacchio M., Briggs E.L., Ma T.-K., Zhong Z., Degennaro L., Bull J.A., Luisi R.
Synthesis of NH-Sulfoximines from Sulfides Using Ammonium Carbamate and (Diacetoxyiodo)benzene to Transfer NH and O
Organic Syntheses, 2023, 100, 48 - 60
DOI: 10.15227/orgsyn.100.0048

Briggs E.L., Ma T.-K., Zhong Z., Tota A., Degennaro L., Luisi R., Bull J.A.
Synthesis of Enantioenriched NH-Sulfoximines by NH Transfer to Sulfoxides Using Ammonium Carbamate and (Diacetoxyiodo)benzene
Organic Syntheses, 2023, 100, 186 - 198
DOI: 10.15227/orgsyn.100.0186

Luisi R., Bull J.A.
Synthesis of Sulfoximines and Sulfonimidamides Using Hypervalent Iodine Mediated NH Transfer
Molecules, 2023, 28 (3), 1120
DOI: 10.3390/molecules28031120
2022

Colella, M.; Musci, P.; Andresini, M.; Spennacchio, M.; Degennaro, L.; Luisi, R.
The synthetic versatility of fluoroiodomethane: recent applications as monofluoromethylation platform.
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 2022, 20 (23), 4669-4680

Andresini, M.; Carret, S.; Degennaro, L.; Ciriaco, F.; Poisson, J. F.; Luisi, R.
Multistep Continuous Flow Synthesis of Isolable NH2-Sulfinamidines via Nucleophilic Addition to Transient Sulfurdiimide.
Chemistry - A European Journal 2022, 28 (59)

Musci, P.; Colella, M.; Andresini, M.; Aramini, A.; Degennaro, L.; Luisi, R.
Flow technology-enabled preparation of C3-heterosubstituted 1-azabicyclo[1.1.0]butanes and azetidines: accessing unexplored chemical space in strained heterocyclic chemistry.
Chemical Communications 2022, 58 (43), 6356-6359

Spennacchio M., Colella M., Andresini M., Dibenedetto R.S., Graziano E., Aramini A., Degennaro L., Luisi R.
Unlocking geminal fluorohaloalkanes in nucleophilic fluoroalkylation chemistry: generation and trapping of lithiumfluorocarbenoids enabled by flow microreactors
ChemComm, 2022 59 (10), 1373 - 1376
DOI: 10.1039/d2cc06717j

Sivo A., Kim T.K., Ruta V., Luisi R., Osorio-Tejada J., Escriba-Gelonch M., Hessel V., Sponchioni M., Vilé G.
Enhanced flow synthesis of small molecules by in-line integration of sequential catalysis and benchtop twin-column continuous chromatography
React. Chem. Eng., 2022, 7 (12), 2650 - 2658
DOI: 10.1039/d2re00242f

Luisi R., Degennaro L., Colella M.
Lithium Complexes in Organic Synthesis
(2022) Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry IV: Volume 1-15, 1-15, pp. 2 - 56
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-820206-7.00049-4

Musci P., Colella M., Altomare A., Romanazzi G., Sheikh N.S., Degennaro L., Luisi R.
Dynamic Phenomena and Complexation Effects in the α-Lithiation and Asymmetric Functionalization of Azetidines
Molecules, 2022, 27 (9), 2847
DOI: 10.3390/molecules27092847

Tota A., Andresini M., Colella M., Dibenedetto R.S., Degennaro L., Luisi R.
(1R,2S,5R)-2-Isopropyl-5-methylcyclohexyl (R)-4-methylbenzenesulfonimidate
(2022) MolBank, 2022 (4), art. no. M1518
DOI: 10.3390/M1518

Urbonavičius A., Fortunato G., Ambrazaitytė E., Plytninkienė E., Bieliauskas A., Milišiūnaitė V., Luisi R., Arbačiauskienė E., Krikštolaitytė S., Šačkus A.
Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Heterocyclic Chalcones from 1-Phenyl-1H-pyrazol-3-ol
Molecules, 2022, 27 (12), 3752
DOI: 10.3390/molecules27123752
2021

P. Musci,T. von Keutz, F. Belaj,Prof. L. Degennaro, D. Cantillo, C. O. Kappe, R. Luisi
Flow Technology for Telescoped Generation, Lithiation and Electrophilic (C3) Functionalization of Highly Strained 1-Azabicyclo[1.1.0]butanes
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2021, 60, 6395-6399

Andresini, M.; Spennacchio, M.; Colella, M.; Losito, G.; Aramini, A.; Degennaro, L.; Luisi, R.
Sulfinimidate Esters as an Electrophilic Sulfinimidoyl Motif Source: Synthesis of N-Protected Sulfilimines from Grignard Reagents.
Organic Letters 2021, 23 (17), 6850-6854.

M. Colella, P. Musci, D. Cannillo, M. Spennacchio, A. Aramini, L. Degennaro, R. Luisi
Development of a Continuous Flow Synthesis of 2-Substituted Azetines and 3-Substituted Azetidines by Using a Common Synthetic Precursor
J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 20, 13943–13954

Tota A., Colella M., Carlucci C., Aramini A., Clarkson G., Degennaro L., Bull J.A., Luisi R.
N−N Bond Formation Using an Iodonitrene as an Umpolung of Ammonia: Straightforward and Chemoselective Synthesis of Hydrazinium Salts
Adv. Syn. Cat., 2021, 363 (1), 194 - 199
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202001047

Craven G.B., Briggs E.L., Zammit C.M., McDermott A., Greed S., Affron D.P., Leinfellner C., Cudmore H.R., Tweedy R.R., Luisi R., Bull J.A., Armstrong A.
Synthesis and Configurational Assignment of Vinyl Sulfoximines and Sulfonimidamides
J. Org. Chem., 2021, 86 (11), 7403 - 7424
DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c00373

Andresini M., Degannaro L., Luisi R.
A sustainable strategy for the straightforward preparation of 2H-azirines and highly functionalized NH-aziridines from vinyl azides using a single solvent flow-batch approach
Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2021 17, 203 - 209
DOI: 10.3762/BJOC.17.20

Cocco A., Rubanu M.G., Sechi M.L., Frongia A., Mastrorilli P., Degennaro L., Colella M., Luisi R., Secci F.
Lithiated three-membered heterocycles as chiral nucleophiles in the enantioselective synthesis of 1-oxaspiro[2,3]hexanes
Org. Biom. Chem., 2021, 19 (9), 1945 - 1949
DOI: 10.1039/d0ob00771d

M. Andresini, A. Tota, L. Degennaro, J. A. Bull, R. Luisi
Synthesis and Transformations of NH-Sulfoximines.
Chemistry - A European Journal 2021, 27, 17293-17321.

Andresini M., Degennaro L., Luisi R.
Azetidines, Azetines and Azetes: Monocyclic
(2021) Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry IV, pp. 1 - 115
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-818655-8.00155-4

Andresini M., Colella M., Degennaro L., Luisi R.
Hypervalent iodine (III) reagents and ammonia as useful combination for highly chemoselective N-transfer to low-valent organosulfur compounds and amines
(2021) Arkivoc, 2022 (4)
DOI: 10.24820/ark.5550190.p011.654