Conspectus Aromatic structures are widespread motifs throughout organic chemistry, and C–
H activation has been recognized as a major tool for enabling their sustainable and efficient …

Organic reactions that involve the direct functionalization of non-activated C–H bonds
represent an attractive class of transformations which maximize atom-and step-economy …

Computational studies on carboxylate-assisted C–H activation and functionalization at
group 8–10 transition metal centers are reviewed. This Review is organized by metal and …

Direct (hetero) arylation polymerization (DHAP) has recently been established as an
environmentally benign method for the preparation of conjugated polymers. This synthetic …

Transition-metal-catalyzed nucleophilic addition of organometallic reagents to polar
unsaturated substrates is one of the most important and powerful bond-forming strategies …

Methods for efficient, catalytic functionalization of unactivated C− H bonds with boron 1 and
silicon 2 reagents are valuable to the fields of synthetic chemistry and materials science …

Partially fluorinated alkanes, arenes, and alkenes can be transformed by a variety of
transition metal and lanthanide systems. Although the C–H bond is weaker than the C–F …

Transition metal complexes are efficient catalysts for the CH bond functionalization of
heteroarenes to generate useful products for the pharmaceutical and agricultural industries …

The activation strain model is a powerful tool for understanding reactivity, or inertness, of
molecular species. This is done by relating the relative energy of a molecular complex along …

Conjugated polymers have attracted much attention in recent years, as they can combine
the best features of metals or inorganic semiconducting materials (excellent electrical and …