Functionalization of alcohol is a promising field in synthesis for the possible conservation of
fossil-based-feedstocks, since alcohols can be easily obtained from readily available …

This review highlights the most recent reports in three powerful and ever-growing fields of
borrowing hydrogen, acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling, and base-mediated hydride …

A single-atom catalyst with generally regarded inert Zn–N4 motifs derived from ZIF-8 is
unexpectedly efficient for the activation of alcohols, enabling alcohol-mediated alkylation …

A mild, environmentally benign approach for α-methylation of ketones utilizing methanol as
the C1 source under visible light has been developed. The reaction conditions were …

Herein, a phosphine-free pincer ruthenium (III) catalyzed β-alkylation of secondary alcohols
with primary alcohols to α-alkylated ketones and two different secondary alcohols to β …

Metal‐catalyzed asymmetric C− H bond annulation strategy offers a versatile platform,
allowing the construction of complex P‐chiral molecules through atom‐and step‐economical …

Despite the advancements enabled by organometallic complexes in organic synthesis,
which have led to innovative transformations and tackled issues related to waste and atom …

An efficient heterogeneous silver‐catalyzed α‐alkylation of nitriles and oxindoles using
alcohols via borrowing hydrogen strategy has been developed for the first time. The active …

The mechanism of the quinoline transfer hydrogenation (TH) by aqueous HCOOH under the
action of [Cp* Co (quinNH2) I]+(A*; quinNH2= 8-aminoquinoline) has been investigated by a …

A facile benzylic alkylation of indenes and other arenes was developed from readily
available primary and secondary alcohols using our newly investigated CCC pincer IrIII …