Disclosed is a fluorination method comprising providing an aryl fluorosulfonate and a fluorinating reagent to a reaction mixture; and reacting the aryl fluorosulfonate and the fluorinating reagent to provide a fluorinated aryl species.

Also disclosed is a fluorination method comprising providing, a salt comprising a cation and an aryloxylate, and SO.sub.2F.sub.2 to a reaction mixture; reacting the SO.sub.2F.sub.2 and the ammonium salt to provide a fluorinated aryl species.

Further disclosed a fluorination method comprising providing a compound having the structure ArOH to a reaction mixture; where Ar is an aryl or heteroaryl; providing SO.sub.2F.sub.2 to the reaction mixture; providing a fluorinating reagent to the reaction mixture; reacting the SO.sub.2F.sub.2, the fluorinating reagent and the compound having the structure ArOH to provide a fluorinated aryl species having the structure ArF.

Methods of synthesizing compounds comprising fluorinated aryl groups are disclosed, wherein said methods utilize hydrogen bond directed photocatalytic hydrodefluorination.

Methods of synthesizing compounds comprising fluorinated aryl groups are disclosed, wherein said methods utilize hydrogen bond directed photocatalytic hydrodefluorination.

Disclosed herein is a method of generating a combinatorial library of products having a diverse array of properties. In particular, the method comprises: (a) selecting one or more pairs of reactants comprising complementary functional groups; (b) mapping all possible bond arrangements between the complementary functional groups of each pair to provide a library of possible products; (c) analyzing one or more properties of each possible product to select one or more products with desired properties (desired products); and (d) synthesizing the one or more desired products. Further disclosed herein is a method that involves the retrosynthetic reduction of a complex molecule into simple starting materials.

Disclosed herein is a method of generating a combinatorial library of products having a diverse array of properties. In particular, the method comprises: (a) selecting one or more pairs of reactants comprising complementary functional groups; (b) mapping all possible bond arrangements between the complementary functional groups of each pair to provide a library of possible products; (c) analyzing one or more properties of each possible product to select one or more products with desired properties (desired products); and (d) synthesizing the one or more desired products. Further disclosed herein is a method that involves the retrosynthetic reduction of a complex molecule into simple starting materials.

Provided herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds that are useful for treating cancers. Specific cancers include those that are mediated by YAP/TAZ or those that are modulated by the interaction between YAP/TAZ and TEAD.

Provided herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds that are useful for treating cancers. Specific cancers include those that are mediated by YAP/TAZ or those that are modulated by the interaction between YAP/TAZ and TEAD.

A composition contains: a compound including at least one group selected from the group consisting of a group represented by formula (1-1), a group represented by formula (1-2), and a group represented by formula (1-3); and a solvent. In formulae (1-1) to (1-3), * and ** each denote a site bonding to a part other than the group represented by the formulae (1-1) to (1-3) in the compound; and a and b are each independently an integer of 0 to 3. In a case in which a is 0, b is no less than 1, and in a case in which a is no less than 1, b is 0.

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A composition contains: a compound including at least one group selected from the group consisting of a group represented by formula (1-1), a group represented by formula (1-2), and a group represented by formula (1-3); and a solvent. In formulae (1-1) to (1-3), * and ** each denote a site bonding to a part other than the group represented by the formulae (1-1) to (1-3) in the compound; and a and b are each independently an integer of 0 to 3. In a case in which a is 0, b is no less than 1, and in a case in which a is no less than 1, b is 0.

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A method to reduce the aldehyde content of a pine chemical composition is disclosed. The pine chemical composition is selected from gum turpentine, gum rosin, CST BLS, CTO, depitched CTO, DTO, TOH, TOR, TOP, TOFA, fractionated TOFA, TOFA dimer, TOFA trimer, TOFA monomer, isostearic acid, stearic acid, and ester- and amide derivatives thereof. The pine chemical composition is treated with an aldehyde scavenger such as anthranilamide at a temperature between 20 C. to 300 C., for 1 minute to 5 hours.