Conspectus The development of palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling methods for the
activation of C (sp2)–Br bonds facilitated access to arene-rich molecules, enabling a …

Organic photochemistry is intensely developed in the 1980s, in which the nature of excited
electronic states and the energy and electron transfer processes are thoroughly studied and …

The replacement of benzene rings with sp 3-hybridized bioisosteres in drug candidates
generally improves pharmacokinetic properties while retaining biological activity,,,–. Rigid …

The development of efficient and sustainable methods for decarboxylative transformations is
of great importance due to the ease of availability and nontoxicity of carboxylic acids …

Reactions that enable carbon–nitrogen, carbon–oxygen and carbon–carbon bond formation
lie at the heart of synthetic chemistry. However, substrate prefunctionalization is often …

Organoboron compounds have important synthetic value and can be applied in numerous
transformations. The development of practical and convenient ways to synthesize boronate …

The past decade has witnessed the emergence of N-(acyloxy) phthalimides (NHPI esters)
and its derivatives at the forefront of synthetic methods facilitating the construction of diverse …

The development of transition metal (TM) catalysis for organic synthesis under visible light
without recourse to typical photoredox catalysts has become a rapidly growing area of …

Transition metal-catalyzed C–H bond functionalizations have been the focus of intensive
research over the last decades for the formation of C–C bonds from unfunctionalized arenes …

The merger of transition metal catalysis and photocatalysis, termed metallaphotocatalysis,
has recently emerged as a versatile platform for the development of new, highly enabling …