In this review, synthetic and mechanistic aspects of key methodologies that exploit C–C
single-bond cleavage of strained ring systems are highlighted. The focus is on transition …

The cleavage and reorganization of carbon− carbon bonds is an industrial key technology
for crude oil refining, carried out on a massive scale. In contrast, C− C bond cleavage …

The field of organometallic catalysis has attracted considerable interest from both academia
and industry due to its broad applications in synthetic transformations. Pd, Ni, Rh, and Ir …

Methylene-and alkylidenecyclopropanes (MCPs and ACPs, 1, Figure 1) and-cyclobutanes
(MCBs and ACBs, 2, Figure 1) are highly strained molecules, but at the same time most of …

When more complex system leads to simpler reactivity profile; the ring‐opening of strained
three‐membered rings such as methylene‐and alkylidenecyclopropanes generally lead to …

In recent years, transition metal-catalyzed strong C–C bond activation has significantly
attracted the attention of synthetic chemists. This protocol enables simultaneous and direct …

The mechanism, reactivity, regio-and enantioselectivity of the Rh-catalyzed carboacylation
of benzocyclobutenones are investigated using density functional theory (DFT) calculations …

The importance of strained carbocycles such as three-membered rings has long been
recognised in organic chemistry. 1 Indeed, organic chemists have always been fascinated …

The theoretically inspired development of a Rh-catalyzed [3+ 2+ 1] carbocyclization of
carbon-and heteroatom-tethered alkenylidenecyclopropanes (ACPs) with CO for the …

Polycyclic structures that contain seven-membered carbocycles constitute important
structural motifs that are ubiquitous in several classes of bioactive natural products. We have …