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Rongliflozin L -pyroglutamic acid, a highly active SGLT-2 inhibitor cocrystal discovered and developed by our group, is currently undergoing clinical trials for the treatment of diabetes. Here, we report and design a simple and robust process to obtain a single and pure crystalline form I (1) of the cocrystal, containing Rongliflozin (2) with L -pyroglutamic acid (L -PA), based on coformer-induced purification (CoIP). Extensive experiments showed that the addition of L -pyroglutamic acid in the eluent was key to suppression of the dissociation equilibrium of the cocrystal during lessivation, with high efficiency. Importantly, based in this profile, this process exhibited strong robustness and margin of safety at multigram and multikilogram scales. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A photoredox-/copper-catalyzed decarboxylative difluoroacetylation reaction of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids has been developed. This reaction produces a variety of difluoroalkylated alkenes in moderate to excellent yields and exhibits satisfactory stereoselectivity and a broad substrate scope at ambient temperature. Furthermore, this decarboxylative difluoroacetylation protocol provides efficient and environment friendly access to the difluoroalkylated alkenes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A remote OH group-directed metal-free transformation of alkynes to carbonyl compounds has been developed. Using only HOAc and EtOH solvent, this reaction elegantly converts alkynes into valuable ketones by remote hydroxyl group activation. Through comparison and isotope labeling experiments, it was confirmed that the process operates via a hydration reaction involving an acetic acid molecule, instead of a water molecule. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A facile access to 4-((trifluoromethyl)thio)-2,3-dihydrofurans from unprotected homopropargylic alcohols in high regioselectivity is reported. This method is the first example of using a free hydroxy group as a nucleophile to complete a trifluoromethylthiolation/cyclization protocol with an alkyne in moderate to excellent yields. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A photoredox-/copper-catalyzed decarboxylative difluoroacetylation reaction of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids has been developed. This reaction produces a variety of difluoroalkylated alkenes in moderate to excellent yields and exhibits satisfactory stereoselectivity and a broad substrate scope at ambient temperature. Furthermore, this decarboxylative difluoroacetylation protocol provides efficient and environment friendly access to the difluoroalkylated alkenes.

A facile access to 4-((trifluoromethyl)thio)-2,3-dihydrofurans from unprotected homopropargylic alcohols in high regioselectivity is reported. This method is the first example of using a free hydroxy group as a nucleophile to complete a trifluoromethylthiolation/cyclization protocol with an alkyne in moderate to excellent yields.