Palladium-Catalyzed Reduction of Carboxylic Acids to Aldehydes with Hydrosilanes in the Presence of Pivalic Anhydride

Tetsuaki Fujihara, Cong Cong, Jun Terao and Yasushi Tsuji

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 3420 – 3424

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201300451

Convenient and Reliable Routes Towards 2-Aminothiazoles: Palladium-Catalyzed versus Copper-Catalyzed Aminations of Halothiazoles

Stéphanie Toulot, Timo Heinrich and Frédéric R. Leroux

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 3263 – 3272

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201300591

Copper-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative C -H Functionalization of Substituted Pyridines: Synthesis of Imidazopyridine Derivatives

Jipan Yu, Yunhe Jin, Hao Zhang, Xiaobo Yang and Prof. Dr. Hua Fu

 Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 16804 – 16808

 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201302737

A Highly Efficient and Enantioselective Intramolecular Cannizzaro Reaction under TOX/Cu(II) Catalysis

Pan Wang, Wen-Jie Tao, Xiu-Li Sun, Saihu Liao, and Yong Tang 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (45), pp 16849–16852 

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An Efficient Generation of a Functionalized Tertiary-Alkyl Radical for Copper-catalyzed Tertiary-Alkylative Mizoroki-Heck type Reaction

Takashi Nishikata, Yushi Noda, Ryo Fujimoto, and Tomomi Sakashita

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (44), pp 16372–16375 

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Cu(OTf)2-Mediated Fluorination of Aryltrifluoroborates with Potassium Fluoride

Yingda Ye, Sydonie D. Schimler, Patrick S. Hanley, and Melanie S. Sanford 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (44), pp 16292–16295 

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Simple Catalytic Mechanism for the Direct Coupling of α-Carbonyls with Functionalized Amines: A One-Step Synthesis of Plavix

Ryan W. Evans, Jason R. Zbieg, Shaolin Zhu, Wei Li, and David W. C. MacMillan

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (43), pp 16074–16077

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Catalytic Cyanation of Carbon-Carbon Triple Bonds Through a Three-Component Cross-Coupling Reaction under Nickel Catalysis

Xiaofei Yang, Shigeru Arai and Atsushi Nishida

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 2974 – 2981

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Diastereoselective Methyl Orthoformate Alkylations of Chiral N-Acylthiazolidinethiones Catalyzed by Nickel(II) Complexes

Juan Manuel Romo, Erik Gálvez, Ignasi Nubiola, Pedro Romea, Fèlix Urpí and Max Kindred

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 2781 – 2786

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201300521

Enantio- and Regioselective CuH-Catalyzed Hydroamination of Alkenes

Shaolin Zhu, Nootaree Niljianskul, and Stephen L. Buchwald 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (42), pp 15746–15749 

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Copper(I)/ABNO-Catalyzed Aerobic Alcohol Oxidation: Alleviating Steric and Electronic Constraints of Cu/TEMPO Catalyst Systems

Janelle E. Steves and Shannon S. Stahl 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (42), pp 15742–15745 

DOI: 10.1021/ja409241h

Enantioselective 1,6-Conjugate Addition of Dialkylzinc Reagents to Acyclic Dienones Catalyzed by Cu-DiPPAM Complex—Extension to Asymmetric Sequential 1,6/1,4-Conjugate Addition

Magaly Magrez-Chiquet, Dr. Marie S. T. Morin, Dr. Joanna Wencel-Delord, Sammy Drissi Amraoui, Dr. Olivier Baslé, Prof. Alexandre Alexakis, Dr. Christophe Crévisy and Dr. Marc Mauduit

 Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 13663 – 13667

 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201302649

Copper-Catalyzed B–H Bond Insertion Reaction: A Highly Efficient and Enantioselective C–B Bond-Forming Reaction with Amine–Borane and Phosphine–Borane Adducts

Qing-Qing Cheng, Shou-Fei Zhu, Yong-Zhen Zhang, Xiu-Lan Xie, and Qi-Lin Zhou 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (38), pp 14094–14097 

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“On Water”, Phosphine-Free Palladium-Catalyzed Room Temperature C[BOND]H Arylation of Indoles

Islam, S. and Larrosa, I.

Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 15093–15096. 

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First Tandem Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Alkenyl Nucleophiles and Silyl Trapping of the Intermediate Enolates

Johannes Westmeier, Christopher Pfaff, Jürgen Siewert and Paultheo von Zezschwitz

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 2651 – 2658

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201300524

Platinum-Catalyzed C–H Arylation of Simple Arenes

Anna M. Wagner , Amanda J. Hickman , and Melanie S. Sanford *

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (42), pp 15710–15713

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Electrophilic Addition of Allylic Carbocations to 2-Cyclopropylidene-2-arylethanols: A Strategy to 3-Oxabicyclo[3.2.0]heptanes

Bo Meng, Xian Huang and Luling Wu

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 2637 – 2650

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Selective Catalytic Oxidation of Alcohols, Aldehydes, Alkanes and Alkenes Employing Manganese Catalysts and Hydrogen Peroxide

Pattama Saisaha, Lea Buettner, Margarethe van der Meer, Ronald Hage, Ben L. Feringa, Wesley R. Browne and Johannes W. de Boer

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 2591 – 2603

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Hydrido-Cobalt Catalyst as a Selective Tool for the Dimerisation of Arylacetylenes: Scope and Theoretical Studies

Sandrine Ventre, Etienne Derat, Muriel Amatore, Corinne Aubert and Marc Petit

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 2584 – 2590

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Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Annulation via C-H/N-H Functionalization: Access to Substituted Pyrroles

Shiyong Peng, Lei Wang, Jiayao Huang, Shaofa Sun, Haibing Guo and Jian Wang

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 2550 – 2557

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Highly sterically hindered binaphthalene-based monophosphane ligands: synthesis and application in stereoselective Suzuki–Miyaura reactions

Michaela Mešková, Martin Putala

Tetrahedron: Asymmetry

Volume 24, Issues 15–16, 31 August 2013, Pages 894–902

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Copper-Mediated Deoxygenative Trifluoromethylation of Benzylic Xanthates: Generation of a C- CF3 Bond from an O-Based Electrophile

Dr. Lingui Zhu, Dr. Shasha Liu, Dr. Justin T. Douglas and Prof. Dr. Ryan A. Altman

 Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 12800 – 12805

 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201302328

Copper-Catalyzed Oxidative Amination and Allylic Amination of Alkenes

Timothy W. Liwosz and Prof. Sherry R. Chemler

 Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 12771 – 12777

 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201301800

Copper-Catalyzed Carboarylation of Alkynes via Vinyl Cations

Andrew J. Walkinshaw, Wenshu Xu, Marcos G. Suero, and Matthew J. Gaunt 

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (34), pp 12532–12535

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A Highly Efficient Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative ortho-Acylation of Azobenzenes with α-Oxocarboxylic Acids: Direct Access to Acylated Azo Compounds

Li, H., Li, P., Tan, H. and Wang, L. 

Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 14432–14436. 

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Efficient Synthesis of Hydroxyl Isoindolones by a Pd-Mediated C-H Activation/Annulation Reaction

Yu, Q., Zhang, N., Huang, J., Lu, S., Zhu, Y., Yu, X. and Zhao, K. 

Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 11184–11188. 

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Gold(I)-Catalyzed Protodecarboxylation of (Hetero)Aromatic Carboxylic Acids

Dupuy, S. and Nolan, S. P. 

Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 14034–14038. 

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Carbene Transfer from Triazolylidene Gold Complexes as a Potent Strategy for Inducing High Catalytic Activity

Daniel Canseco-Gonzalez , Ana Petronilho , Helge Mueller-Bunz , Kohsuke Ohmatsu , Takashi Ooi, and Martin Albrecht

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (35), pp 13193–13203

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Pt-Catalyzed C–C Activation Induced by C–H Activation

Miriam A. Bowring , Robert G. Bergman *, and T. Don Tilley

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (35), pp 13121–13128

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Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic C–H Fluorination

Marie-Gabrielle Braun and Abigail G. Doyle

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (35), pp 12990–12993

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A General Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylative Synthesis of Chromenones from Salicylic Aldehydes and Benzyl Chlorides

Wu, X.-F., Wu, L., Jackstell, R., Neumann, H. and Beller, M. 

Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 12245–12248.

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A Unique Au–Ag–Au Triangular Motif in a Trimetallic Halonium Dication: Silver Incorporation in a Gold(I) Catalyst

Zhu, Y., Day, C. S., Zhang, L., Hauser, K. J. and Jones, A. C. 

Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 12264–12271. 

doi: 10.1002/chem.201302152

Air-Stable, Dinuclear and Tetranuclear σ,π-Acetylide Gold(I) Complexes and Their Catalytic Implications

Grirrane, A., Garcia, H., Corma, A. and Álvarez, E., 

Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 12239–12244. 

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Pd-Catalyzed Aryl C–H Imidation with Arene as the Limiting Reagent

 

Gregory B. Boursalian , Ming-Yu Ngai , Katarzyna N. Hojczyk , and Tobias Ritter

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (36), pp 13278–13281

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Arene–Metal π-Complexation as a Traceless Reactivity Enhancer for C–H Arylation

Paolo Ricci , Katrina Krämer , Xacobe C. Cambeiro , and Igor Larrosa

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (36), pp 13258–13261

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Mechanistic Studies on the Pd-Catalyzed Vinylation of Aryl Halides with Vinylalkoxysilanes in Water: The Effect of the Solvent and NaOH Promoter

Alvaro Gordillo †, Manuel A. Ortuño ‡, Carmen López-Mardomingo †, Agustí Lledós ‡, Gregori Ujaque *‡, and Ernesto de Jesús

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (37), pp 13749–13763

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Switchable Synthesis of 3-Cyanoindoles and 3-Amidylindoles via a Palladium-Catalyzed Reaction of N,N-Dimethyl-2-alkynylaniline with Isocyanide

Guanyinsheng Qiu, Xiaochen Qiu, Jianping Liu and Jie Wu

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 2441 – 2446

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201300382

Oxidative C- O Cross-Coupling of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds and Their Heteroanalogues with N-Substituted Hydroxamic Acids and N-Hydroxyimides

Alexander O. Terent'ev, Igor B. Krylov, Vladimir P. Timofeev, Zoya A. Starikova, Valentina M. Merkulova, Alexey I. Ilovaisky and Gennady I. Nikishin

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 2375 – 2390

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201300341

Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Alkoxycarbonylation of Aromatic C-H Bonds via Selective C-C Cleavage of α-Keto Esters

Wei Zhou, Pinhua Li, Yicheng Zhang and Lei Wang

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 2343 – 2352

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201300436

Atropodiastereoselective C-H Olefination of Biphenyl p-Tolyl Sulfoxides with Acrylates

Thomas Wesch, Frédéric R. Leroux and Françoise Colobert

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 2139 – 2144

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201300446

Enantio- and Regioselective Conjugate Addition of Organometallic Reagents to Linear Polyconjugated Nitroolefins

Dr. Matthieu Tissot and Prof. Alexandre Alexakis

 Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 11352 – 11363

 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201300538

Cu-Catalyzed Asymmetric Borylative Cyclization of Cyclohexadienone-Containing 1,6-Enynes

Ping Liu, Yuki Fukui, Ping Tian, Zhi-Tao He, Cai-Yun Sun, Nuo-Yi Wu, and Guo-Qiang Lin 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (32), pp 11700–11703 

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Catalytic Asymmetric Three-Component 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of Aldehydes, Hydrazides, and Alkynes

Takuya Hashimoto, Yuka Takiguchi, and Keiji Maruoka 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (31), pp 11473–11476 

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Asymmetric Copper(I)-Catalyzed Azide–Alkyne Cycloaddition to Quaternary Oxindoles

Feng Zhou, Chen Tan, Jing Tang, Yan-Yan Zhang, Wei-Ming Gao, Hai-Hong Wu, Yi-Hua Yu, and Jian Zhou 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (30), pp 10994–10997 

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Palladium-Catalyzed Route to Three-Component, One-Pot Sequential Synthesis of Functionalized Cyclazines: 2,2a1,4-Triazacyclopenta[cd]indenes

Anjiang Yang, Ruwei Jiang, Oleg Khorev, Ting Yu, Yongliang Zhang, Lanping Ma, Guohua Chen, Jingkang Shen and Tao Meng

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 1984 – 1988 

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Palladium-Catalyzed Domino Cyclization (5-exo/3-exo), Ring- Expansion by Palladium Rearrangement, and Aromatization: An Expedient Synthesis of 4-Arylnicotinates from Morita–Baylis–Hillman Adducts

Ko Hoon Kim, Se Hee Kim, Hyun Ju Lee and Jae Nyoung Kim

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 1977 – 1983

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Direct C-2 Alkylation of Quinoline N-Oxides with Ethers via Palladium-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Cross-Coupling Reaction

Zhiyong Wu, Chao Pi, Xiuling Cui, Jie Bai and Yangjie Wu

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 1971 – 1976

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Copper-Catalyzed Direct Synthesis of Iodoenamides from Ketoximes

Hao Liang, Zhi-Hui Ren, Prof. Yao-Yu Wang and Prof. Dr. Zheng-Hui Guan

 Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 9789 – 9794

 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201301785

Metal Amides as the Simplest Acid/Base Catalysts for Stereoselective Carbon–Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions

Dr. Yasuhiro Yamashita and Prof. Dr. Shū Kobayashi

 Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 9420 – 9427

 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201300908

Accelerating influence of the gem-difluoromethylene group in a ring-closing olefin metathesis reaction. A Thorpe–Ingold effect?

César A. Urbina-Blanco,   Maciej Skibiński,  David O'Hagan and   Steven P. Nolan

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 7201-7203

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Zinc/Iron-Mediated Ring Opening of Dibromocyclopropanes for In Situ Diels–Alder Reactions with Electron-Deficient Aldehydes and Imines

1. Florian Pünner,
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1. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2013, asap

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