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 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 field of organometallic catalysis has attracted considerable interest from both academia
and industry due to its broad applications in synthetic transformations. Pd, Ni, Rh, and Ir …

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 …

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

Until recently, computational tools were mainly used to explain chemical reactions after
experimental results were obtained. With the rapid development of software and hardware …

In this tutorial review, we provide an overview of heterogeneous Diels–Alder catalysis for the
production of lignocellulosic biomass-derived aromatic compounds. Diels–Alder reactions …

Within the realm of organic synthesis, cycloaddition methodology has played a role of ever-
increasing importance. This focus is driven by the nature of the cycloaddition process, during …

Conspectus Computational chemistry has become an established tool for the study of the
origins of chemical phenomena and examination of molecular properties. Because of major …

Visible-light-induced cycloaddition reactions initiated via energy-transfer processes have
recently evolved as powerful methods for the construction of strained cyclic molecules that …