Computational prediction of C–H hydricities and their use in predicting the regioselectivity of electron-rich C–H functionalisation reactions

• Rasmus M. Borup,
• Nicolai Ree and
• Jan H. Jensen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2026, 22, 603–610, doi:10.3762/bjoc.22.46

• demonstrate that hydricity is a valuable and complementary descriptor to BDEs for regioselectivity prediction in electron-rich C–H functionalisation. Future work will focus on expanding the training dataset beyond 3,278 C–H sites, integrating explicit steric and electronic descriptors, and improving

• predictive accuracy for sterically demanding carbene insertion reactions, where all current methods underperform. While the ten literature examples discussed here provide promising proof-of-concept evidence, establishing the general utility of hydricity for regioselectivity prediction will require validation

Enhancing chemical synthesis planning: automated quantum mechanics-based regioselectivity prediction for C–H activation with directing groups

• Julius Seumer,
• Nicolai Ree and
• Jan H. Jensen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1171–1182, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.94

• reliable regioselectivity predictions that are essential for accelerating innovation in materials science and medicinal chemistry. Keywords: C–H activation; chemical synthesis planning; directing groups; quantum mechanics; regioselectivity prediction; Introduction The activation and functionalization of

Methodologies for the synthesis of quaternary carbon centers via hydroalkylation of unactivated olefins: twenty years of advances

• Thiago S. Silva and
• Fernando Coelho

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1565–1590, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.112

• patterns and electronic features were measured previously by the rate of deuterium/hydrogen exchange [77], and the observed constants served as a guide to the regioselectivity prediction of the HAT processes in substrates with different olefins. In substrate 40, for example, the hydrogen atom was