Copper is one of the most abundant and less toxic transition metals. Nature takes advantage
of the bioavailability and rich redox chemistry of Cu to carry out oxygenase and oxidase …

The development of catalytic reactions of alkenes transformed the chemical industry in the
mid-20th century. Representative reactions included hydrogenation, oxidation …

Terminal alkenes are readily available functional groups which appear in α‐olefins
produced by the chemical industry, and they appear in the products of many contemporary …

We present a concise review on the most pertinent investigations that illuminate the
complicated and elusive mechanism for the Wacker process, homogeneous olefin oxidation …

The Ugi reaction is one of the most famous multicomponent couplings, and its efficiency is
still explained by the original mechanism suggested by Ugi in the 60s. This article aims to …

The Wacker reaction is the oxidation of olefins to ketones and typically requires expensive
and scarce palladium catalysts in the presence of an additional copper co‐catalyst under …

Palladium-catalyzed Wacker-type reactions occupy a central place in organic synthesis with
important implications in industry. Pursuing more benign protocols by replacing palladium …

An intriguing new Wacker-type oxidation of alkynes catalyzed by PdBr2 and CuBr2 is
described, which opens an efficient access to 1, 2-diketones using molecular oxygen. Under …

High-valent Au (III) complexes have attracted much attention as catalysts in many reactions.
Nevertheless Au (III) catalysts suffer from instability of the oxidized metal complexes during …

Neurodegenerative diseases and spinal cord injury affect approximately 50 million people
worldwide, bringing the total healthcare cost to over 600 billion dollars per year. Nervous …