This Review compiles the evolution, mechanistic understanding, and more recent advances
in enantioselective Pd-catalyzed allylic substitution and decarboxylative and oxidative allylic …

In the field of C–H bond functionalization chemistry, directed C–H bond activation strategies
are highly appreciated due to the high efficiency and selectivity of such reactions towards a …

Direct catalytic transformation of C–H bonds to new functionalities has provided a powerful
strategy to synthesize complex molecular scaffolds in a straightforward way. Unstinting …

Catalytic transformation of ubiquitous C–H bonds into valuable C–N bonds offers an efficient
synthetic approach to construct N-functionalized molecules. Over the last few decades …

The development of new methods for the direct functionalization of unactivated C–H bonds
is ushering in a paradigm shift in the field of retrosynthetic analysis. In particular, the catalytic …

This Review summarizes advances in fluorination by C (sp2)− H and C (sp3)− H activation.
Transition‐metal‐catalyzed approaches championed by palladium have allowed the …

As two coexisting and fast-growing research fields in modern synthetic chemistry, the
merging of organocatalysis and C–H bond functionalization is well foreseeable, and the joint …

Methods for selective C–H bond functionalization have provided chemists with versatile and
powerful toolboxes for synthesis, such as the late-stage modification of a lead compound …

Chiral salen–metal complexes are among the most versatile asymmetric catalysts and have
found utility in fields ranging from materials chemistry to organic synthesis. These complexes …

Conspectus Asymmetric functionalization of inert C–H bonds is undoubtedly a synthetically
significant yet challenging bond-forming process, allowing for the preparation of densely …