Carbon–carbon/carbon–heteroatom bond formation via oxidative transformations is a
heavily explored topic at the frontier of chemistry. Potassium persulfate (K2S2O8) has …

Readily accessed cobalt pre‐catalysts with N‐heterocyclic carbene ligands catalyze the
Suzuki cross‐coupling of aryl chlorides and bromides with alkyllithium‐activated arylboronic …

Here a new, mild and versatile method for one-pot cascade synthesis of diverse N-
methoxyisoquinolinediones via Rh (III)-catalyzed regioselective carbenoid insertion C–H …

A highly efficient iridium-catalyzed cascade annulation of pyrazolones and sulfoxonium
ylides to access various pyrazolo [1, 2-α] cinnoline derivatives has been achieved. This …

A facile and efficient approach for the direct thiocyanation of pyrazolin-5-ones via a radical
mechanism has been established for the first time. A series of 4-thiocyanated 5-hydroxy-1H …

Salicylic acids are shown to be readily available and versatile starting materials that easily
undergo a tandem arylation–protodecarboxylation process under Pd-catalysis. The …

In this contribution, we provide a comprehensive overview on the C− H activation/
functionalization reactions of 1‐aryl‐5‐pyrazolones, in particular, 1‐aryl‐3‐methyl‐1H …

Rhodium (III)-catalyzed redox-neutral annulation of pyrazolidinones with diazo compounds
has been described. This reaction provides a straightforward platform to access various …

Rhodium catalysed dehydrogenative C–H/N–H functionalization was developed to construct
phthalazino [2, 3-a]-/indazolo [1, 2-a] cinnolines by reacting N-phenyl phthalazine/indazole …

Herein, a straightforward synthetic approach for the construction of phenanthridin-6 (5 H)-
one skeletons is disclosed. The developed protocol relies on palladium catalysis, providing …