The story of C− C bond formation includes several reactions, and surely Suzuki‐Miyaura is
among the most outstanding ones. Herein, a brief historical overview of insights regarding …

The amide bond represents the most fundamental functional group in numerous areas of
chemistry, such as organic synthesis, drug discovery, polymers, and biochemistry. Although …

Transition metal complexes bearing N-heterocyclic carbene ligands (NHCs) have gained a
place of crucial importance in numerous areas of research such as medicinal chemistry …

The challenging transamidation of unactivated tertiary amides has been accomplished via
cooperative acid/iodide catalysis. Most crucially, the method provides a novel manifold to re …

The utilizations of omnipresent, thermodynamically stable amides and aliphatic C (sp3)− H
bonds for various functionalizations are ongoing challenges in catalysis. In particular, the …

Ground-state destabilization of the N–C (O) linkage represents a powerful tool to
functionalize the historically inert amide bond. This burgeoning reaction manifold relies on …

In the past several years, tremendous advances have been made in non-classical routes for
amide bond formation that involve transamidation and amidation reactions of activated …

N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) metal complexes have gained an incredible amount of
attention in the course of the last two decades and have become indispensable as an …

The cross-coupling of aryl esters has emerged as a powerful platform for the
functionalization of otherwise inert acyl C–O bonds in chemical synthesis and catalysis …

The selection of solvents is essential as a suitable reaction milieu in chemical processes of
industrial and academic impact. We present an evaluation of a range of green solvents for …