In this review, transition metal-catalyzed methodologies and applications that exploit C–C
bond cleavage of vinylcyclopropanes (VCPs) are summarized with a focus on cycloaddition …

The present review “Iron Catalysis in Organic Synthesis” covers the literature until the end of
June 2014 and represents a comprehensive update of a previous article published by Bolm …

The cleavage and reorganization of carbon− carbon bonds is an industrial key technology
for crude oil refining, carried out on a massive scale. In contrast, C− C bond cleavage …

The transition-metal-catalyzed “cut and sew” transformation has recently emerged as a
useful strategy for preparing complex molecular structures. After oxidative addition of a …

We describe a synergistic utilization of cerium photocatalysis and photoinduced electron
transfer catalysis that enables an atom-and step-economical ring expansion of readily …

First-row transition-metal-mediated reactions constitute an important and growing area of
research due to the low cost, low toxicity, and exceptional synthetic versatility of these …

Natural products containing eight-membered carbocycles constitute a class of structurally
intriguing and biologically important molecules such as the famous diterpenes taxol and …

Allylic alcohols represent an important and highly versatile class of chiral building blocks for
organic synthesis. This Review summarizes the plethora of methods developed for the …

Vinylcyclopropane (VCP) derivatives participate in a variety of transition-metal-catalyzed
multicomponent cycloadditions to produce five-to eight-membered carbocycles. Various …

Activated cyclopropanes show versatile reactivity and are therefore powerful building blocks
in organic chemistry and natural product synthesis. This review focuses on recent …