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

In chemistry, a nucleophile is a molecule or ion with a lone pair of electrons. It donates both
bonding electrons to its reaction partner (the electrophile) when forming a chemical bond. 1 …

Quinones are common stoichiometric reagents in organic chemistry. Para‐quinones with
high reduction potentials, such as DDQ and chloranil, are widely used and typically promote …

Catalytic oxidation is a key technology for converting petroleum-based feedstocks to useful
chemicals of a high oxidation state such as alcohols, carbonyl compounds, and epoxides …

Selective aerobic oxidation of organic molecules is a fundamental and practical challenge in
modern chemistry. Effective solutions to this problem must overcome the intrinsic reactivity …

The transformation of unsaturated hydrocarbons through the action of metal complexes
continues to constitute a very important field of organometallic chemistry, particularly when …

Oxidation reactions are of fundamental importance in nature, and are key transformations in
organic synthesis. The development of new processes that employ transition metals as …

The palladium‐catalyzed coupling of haloarenes and haloalkenes with alkenes, which was
discovered by Richard F. Heck in the late sixties, has been a topic of fluctuating interest; …

Conspectus Oxidation reactions play a central role in organic synthesis, and it is highly
desirable that these reactions are mild and occur under catalytic conditions. In Nature …

The reduction of dioxygen (O2) is of vital importance to energy-related reactions. In biology,
respiration uses O2 reduction as a thermodynamic sink, whereas fuel cells pair the oxygen …