C–H functionalization has been emerging as a powerful method to establish carbon–carbon
and carbon–heteroatom bonds. Many efforts have been devoted to transition-metal …

Direct C–H bond functionalization catalyzed by non-precious transition metals is an
attractive strategy in synthetic chemistry. Compared with the precious metals rhodium …

Transition-metal-catalyzed carbene transfer reactions, involving diazo compounds and their
precursors, are powerful tools for creating new C–C bonds. Depending on the involved …

Iron porphyrin carbenes (IPCs) have been extensively recognized as the reactive
intermediates in various iron porphyrin-catalyzed carbene transfer reactions. While donor …

Cyclopropanes are one of the most important strained rings existing in various
pharmaceutical products and secondary metabolites. They are also widely used in total …

Carbene transfer reactions hold a pivotal role in organic synthesis, allowing the prompt
construction of complex molecules from accessible reagents. Iron complexes emerged as …

The C–H functionalization reaction of N-heterocycles with an unprotected N–H group is one
of the most step-economic strategies to introduce functional groups without the need for …

Herein we report a site-selective cyclopropanation of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-borane
complexes via photochemical carbene transfer reactions. By subtle changes to the reaction …

Constructing highly proficient C–X (X= O, N, S, etc.) and C–C bonds by leveraging TMs
(transition metals)(Fe, Cu, Pd, Rh, Au, etc.) and enzymes to catalyze carbene insertion into X …

C− H functionalization represents one of the most rapidly advancing areas in organic
synthesis and is regarded as one of the key concepts to minimize the ecological and …