The pinacol rearrangement1 is a well-known reaction. It refers to the acid-catalyzed
transformation of 1, 2-diols to ketones or aldehydes by 1, 2-migration of a CÀC or CÀH bond …

During the last century, organometallic reagents prepared from main group metals, 1 such
as organolithium, organomagnesium, and organozinc compounds, have played a central …

The hydrolysis of potassium organotrifluoroborate (RBF3K) reagents to the corresponding
boronic acids (RB (OH) 2) has been studied in the context of their application in Suzuki …

Catalytic desaturations are important strategies for the functionalization of organic
molecules. In nature, flavoenzymes mediate the formation of α, β‐unsaturated carbonyl …

Although the activation of small molecules has been the purview of transition-metal
chemistry for the past halfcentury, parallels between the reactivity of transition-metal and …

Abstract Unspecific peroxygenases (UPO, EC 1.11. 2.1) secreted by fungi open an efficient
way to selectively oxyfunctionalize diverse organic substrates, including less‐activated …

The site-and stereoselective functionalization of the indole ring system is an area of
considerable recent interest, because of the importance of indoles as natural products, and …

Homoallylic amines serve as important precursors for the synthesis of a variety of natural
products and pharmaceutically relevant compounds. One widely used strategy for …

A nucleophilic allylation of acylsilanes in water was developed, generating versatile
functionalized tertiary α-silyl alcohols in high yields. With the assistance of hydrogen …

A versatile and practical methodology to access β-amino and β-hydroxy α, α-difluoro
carbonyl compounds using indium metal is described. This methodology has been …