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 …

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

The total syntheses of polycyclic natural products by exploiting an aryne as the key reactive
species are reviewed. A short introduction summarizes the basic reactivities of aryne …

Remarkable recent progress has been accomplished in direct C–H functionalizations for the
formation of C–N and C–O bonds through the use of readily accessible ruthenium catalysts …

Recently, carbonylation reactions have gained considerable interest as they are becoming a
versatile tool in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and their intermediates …

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an ideal one-carbon source owing to its nontoxicity, abundance,
availability, and recyclability. Although the thermodynamic stability and kinetic inertness of …

The first direct use of carbon dioxide in the lactamization of alkenyl and heteroaryl C− H
bonds to synthesize important 2‐quinolinones and polyheterocycles in moderate to …

Electrochemical generation of N-acyloxy amidyl radicals via an inner-sphere electron-
transfer process is described for the first time. With NaBr as the catalyst and electrolyte, the …

Carbonylation, an efficient and straightforward approach for installing a carbonyl group into
their parent compounds, is an important area in modern organic synthesis. This Review …

The selective γ-C (sp3)–H carbonylation of N-(2-pyridyl) sulfonyl (N-SO2Py)-protected
amines has been accomplished by using palladium catalysis and Mo (CO) 6 as carbonyl …