Metal-catalyzed reactions have made a great contribution to the recent growth of organic
synthesis, and a variety of synthetic methods have been reported using mainly group 8 …

1 Introduction 2 Sigmatropic rearrangements 2.1 Fischer indole synthesis 2.1. 1
Methodology 2.1. 2 Applications 2.1. 3 Mechanism 2.2 Gassman indole synthesis 2.3 Bartoli …

Increasing interest in C (sp3)–H bond functionalization has led to a multitude of recent
advances in intramolecular C (sp3)–H amination. Direct, intramolecular C (sp3)–N bond …

The metabolism of amines is governed by a variety of enzymes such as amine oxidase,
flavoenzyme, and cytochrome P‐450. A wide variety of compounds are produced such as …

Abstract This Focus Review describes different methods that have been reported for the
synthesis of imines. It is organized according to the methods used for imine synthesis …

o-Iodoxybenzoic acid (IBX), a highly versatile hypervalent iodine (V) reagent, was found to
efficiently mediate the dehydrogenation of amines in addition to facilitating the oxidative …

A variety of secondary benzylic amines were oxidized to imines in 90% to> 99% yields by
singlet oxygen generated from oxygen and a porphyrin photosensitizer. On the basis of …

A number of new reactions of IBX with heteroatom-containing substrates were discovered
and their utility was demonstrated. IBX was used for the generation of imines from secondary …

The development of a general, mild, and chemoselective catalytic aerobic oxidation of
amines to imines is described. The combination of a less sterically demanding and electron …

This Review describes the basic concepts that have guided our exploration of new chemical
reactions by giving examples of results from my research group. Our strategy of carrying out …