Conspectus Electrochemical synthesis of organic compounds has emerged as an attractive
and environmentally benign alternative to conventional approaches for oxidation and …

Transition metal-catalyzed direct functionalization of C–H bonds is one of the key emerging
strategies that is currently attracting tremendous attention with the aim to provide alternative …

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 catalytic functionalization of unreactive C− H bonds has recently brought a revolution in
synthetic methodologies for the production of pharmaceuticals and natural products and for …

To improve the atom-and step-economy of organic syntheses, researchers would like to
capitalize upon the chemistry of otherwise inert carbon–hydrogen (C–H) bonds. During the …

Synthetically useful functional groups, including ketones, amides, carbamates, carboxylic
acids, aldehydes or ethers, have been identified as weakly coordinating directing groups in …

The selective transformation of C− H bonds is one of the most desirable approaches to
creating complexity from simple building blocks. Several directing groups are efficient in …

Transition metal-catalyzed organic electrochemistry is a rapidly growing research area
owing in part to the ability of metal catalysts to alter the selectivity of a given transformation …

Significant progress has been accomplished in direct olefinations through twofold C–H bond
functionalization of arenes and heteroarenes employing readily accessible, selective and …

Ruthenium catalysts enabled C–H bond functionalizations on arenes with challenging
secondary alkyl halides. Particularly, ruthenium (II) biscarboxylate complexes proved to be …