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 …

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 …

The first example of cobalt‐catalyzed C (sp2)− H carbonylation of benzylamines using a
traceless directing group is reported, which was successfully applied to the synthesis of N …

The activation of Csingle bondX bonds in homogeneous systems is a relevant topic in
relation to important catalytic industrial processes involving organic substrates and …

Tetrahydro-3-benzazepines and tetrahydroisoquinolines are synthesized in one step from
allenes and phenylethylamines or benzylamines, respectively. Mechanistically, it is …

Benzylthioethers react with internal alkynes in the presence of catalytic amounts of [Ru
(cymene) Cl2] 2 to give the corresponding ortho-alkenylated species, using sulfur as the …

Organocopper (II) reagents are an unexplored frontier of copper catalysis. Despite being
proposed as reactive intermediates, an understanding of the stability and reactivity of the …

A practical Pd-catalyzed ortho-olefination of enantioenriched N-(SO2Py)-protected aryl-
alanine and norephedrine derivatives with electron-deficient alkenes has been developed …

The reaction mechanisms of Pd (OAc) 2-catalyzed dehydrogenative alkylation of 2-
phenylpyridine with oxirane were investigated using DFT calculations. The most plausible …

Palladium C–H bond activation in azobenzenes with R1 and R2 at para positions of the
phenyl rings (R1= NMe2, R2= H (L1); R1= NMe2, R2= Cl (L2); R1= NMe2, R2= I (L3); R1 …