Conspectus The development of homogeneous catalysts is strongly connected to the design
of new, sophisticated ligands, which resolve limitations of a given reaction protocol by …

Dinuclear PdI complexes have found widespread applications as diverse catalysts for a
multitude of transformations. Initially their ability to function as pre‐catalysts for low …

Sulfoximines are increasingly incorporated in agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals, with the
two enantiomers of chiral sulfoximines often having profoundly different binding interactions …

The direct functionalization of phenols at the ortho and para position is generally facilitated
by the electron-donating nature of the hydroxyl group. Accessing meta-functionalized …

The considerable importance of α-arylated carbonyl compounds, which are widely used as
final products or as key intermediates in the pharmaceutical industry, has prompted …

The coupling of aryl chlorides with Reformatsky reagents is a desirable strategy for the
construction of α‐aryl esters but has so far been substantially limited in the substrate scope …

In recent years, great improvements have been made on palladium‐catalyzed radical
reactions. Emerging elegant methodologies of radical involved palladium‐catalyzed …

A visible‐light‐induced Negishi cross‐coupling is enabled by the activation of a Pd0–Zn
complex. With this photocatalytic method, the scope of deactivated aryl halides that can be …

We have developed a high-efficiency and practical Cu-catalyzed cross-coupling to directly
construct versatile α-aryl-esters by utilizing readily available aryl bromides (or chlorides) and …

A novel traceless protecting strategy is presented for the long-standing challenge of
conducting the palladium-catalyzed α-arylation of carboxylic aids and secondary amides …