Fluorinated molecules have a wide range of applications and are used as medicines,
agrochemicals and refrigerants and in smartphone liquid crystal displays, photovoltaic solar …

Visible‐light photocatalysis has evolved over the last decade into a widely used method in
organic synthesis. Photocatalytic variants have been reported for many important …

A mechanistic understanding of catalytic organic reactions is crucial for the design of new
catalysts, modes of reactivity and the development of greener and more sustainable …

Fluoroorganic chemistry has become essential in the evolution of many different but
interconnected research fields. These include the development of new materials with a …

The C–F bond is the strongest single bond in organic compounds. It is the most challenging
task to study the activation of the C–F bond in organic synthesis. Trifluoromethyl-containing …

Transition metal–catalyzed arene functionalization has been widely used for molecular
synthesis over the past century. In this arena, copper catalysis has long been considered a …

1.1. Brief Historical Overview As expected from the fluorine position on the periodic table of
elements, it possesses some extreme properties, in particular, ultimate electronegativity and …

Fluorine has emerged as a “magic element” in medicinal chemistry, crop, and materials
science. 1 Although fluorine is the most abundant halogen in the earth's crust, it is contained …

Transition-metal-catalyzed reactions have been studied since the very beginning of the past
century and represent a great success in organic chemistry, along with the birth and growth …

Over the past decade, the most significant, conceptual advances in the field of fluorination
were enabled most prominently by organo‐and transition‐metal catalysis. The most …