C-H and C-X Bond Functionalization

Abstract

1. Cu-catalyzed Ullmann-type C-heteroatom bond formation: the key role of dinucleating ancillary ligands 2. Mechanistic understanding of copper-catalyzed aryl-heteroatom bond formation: dependence on ancillary ligands 3. Fundamental Pd(0)/Pd(II) redox steps in cross-coupling reactions 4. Pd(II)/Pd(IV) redox catalysis for C-heteroatom bond formation 5. Mononuclear and Dinuclear Organometallic PdIII complexes in C-C and C-heteroatom bond formation reactions 6. Aromatic C-F activation: converting toxic substrates to useful synthons 7. Strategies towards challenging aromatic fluorination and trifluoromethylation reactions 8. Coordination-directed metallation strategy for C-H functionalization 9. Transition-metal-catalyzed direct arylation of unactivated arenes with aryl Halides 10. Double C-H activation in Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of non-preactivated arenes 11. Palladium and copper-catalyzed oxidation of organic chemicals 12. Strategies for metal-mediated direct arylation of nucleosides and amino acid derivatives