Alkenes and their derivatives are featured widely in a variety of natural products,
pharmaceuticals, and advanced materials. Significant efforts have been made toward the …

During the past decades, synthetic organic chemistry discovered that directing group
assisted C–H activation is a key tool for the expedient and siteselective construction of C–C …

C–H activation has surfaced as an increasingly powerful tool for molecular sciences, with
notable applications to material sciences, crop protection, drug discovery, and …

The present review is devoted to summarizing the recent advances (2015–2017) in the field
of metal-catalysed group-directed C–H functionalisation. In order to clearly showcase the …

Olefinic C–H functionalization represents an atom-and step economic approach to valuable
olefin derivatives from simpler ones, but controlling the selectivity remains a challenge …

Non‐precious‐metal‐catalyzed reactions are of increasing importance in chemistry due to
the outstanding ecological and economic properties of these metals. In the subfield of metal …

Use of a directing group in C–H functionalizations, often referred to as chelation assistance,
is one of the most reliable methods for achieving highly efficient and highly site-selective …

The use of directing groups allows high levels of selectivity to be achieved in transition metal‐
catalyzed transformations. Efficient removal of these auxiliaries after successful …

Nickel-catalyzed C–H activation has become a predominant and ubiquitous research area
in organic chemistry. Direct functionalization of inert C–H bonds to create functionally …

Phenylacetylenes are key structural motifs in organic chemistry, which find widespread
applications in bioactive molecules, synthetic intermediates, functional materials, and …