Cu-Catalyzed Cascades to Carbocycles: Union of Diaryliodonium Salts with Alkenes or Alkynes Exploiting Remote Carbocations

Fengzhi Zhang, Shoubhik Das, Andrew J. Walkinshaw, Alicia Casitas, Michael Taylor, Marcos G. Suero, and Matthew J. Gaunt 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136 (25), pp 8851–8854 

DOI: 10.1021/ja504361y

Scandium-Catalyzed Cascade Cyclization to Produce Cyclobutane-Fused Tetrahydroquinoline, Chromane, Thiochromane, and Tetrahydronaphthalene Derivatives

Shun-ichi Nakano, Kazumi Kakugawa, Tetsuhiro Nemoto and Yasumasa Hamada

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 2088 – 2096

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201400020

Catalytic Anti-Markovnikov Hydrobromination of Alkynes

Mycah R. Uehling, Richard P. Rucker, and Gojko Lalic 

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136 (24), pp 8799–8803

DOI: 10.1021/ja503944n

Catalytic Asymmetric 1,3-Dipolar [3 + 6] Cycloaddition of Azomethine Ylides with 2-Acyl Cycloheptatrienes: Efficient Construction of Bridged Heterocycles Bearing Piperidine Moiety

Qing-Hua Li, Liang Wei, and Chun-Jiang Wang 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136 (24), pp 8685–8692 

DOI: 10.1021/ja503309u

Arylboration of Alkenes by Cooperative Palladium/Copper Catalysis

Kazuhiko Semba and Yoshiaki Nakao 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136 (21), pp 7567–7570 

DOI: 10.1021/ja5029556

Borylation of Propargylic Substrates by Bimetallic Catalysis. Synthesis of Allenyl, Propargylic, and Butadienyl Bpin Derivatives

Tony S. N. Zhao, Yuzhu Yang, Timo Lessing, and Kálmán J. Szabó 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136 (21), pp 7563–7566 

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Synthesis of Biaryls through Aromatic C -H Bond Activation: A Review of Recent Developments

Ibrar Hussain and Tripti Singh

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 1661 – 1696

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201400178

Palladium-Catalyzed Picolinamide-Directed Acetoxylation of Unactivated γ-C(sp3)-H Bonds of Alkylamines

Qiong Li, Shu-Yu Zhang, Gang He, William A. Nack and Gong Chen

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 1544 – 1548

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201400121

Ester-Directed Selective Olefination of Acrylates by Rhodium Catalysis

Ruokun Feng, Wenlong Yu, Kai Wang, Zhanxiang Liu and Yuhong Zhang

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 1501 – 1508

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201300944

Formal SN-Type Reactions in Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed C -H Bond Activation

Nadine Kuhl, Nils Schröder and Frank Glorius

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 1443 – 1460

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201400197

Palladium-Catalyzed C-F Bond Formation via Directed C-H Activation

Yan Li, Yun Wu, Guang-Shui Li and Xi-Sheng Wang

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 1412 – 1418

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201400101

Palladium-Catalysed, Directed C- H Coupling with Organometallics

Ramesh Giri, Surendra Thapa and Arjun Kafle

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 1395 – 1411

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201400105

Tungsten-Catalyzed Regioselective and Stereospecific Ring Opening of 2,3-Epoxy Alcohols and 2,3-Epoxy Sulfonamides

Chuan Wang and Hisashi Yamamoto 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136 (19), pp 6888–6891

DOI: 10.1021/ja5029809

Copper-Mediated Oxidative Transformation of N-Allyl Enamine Carboxylates toward Synthesis of Azaheterocycles

Kah Kah Toh, Anup Biswas, Yi-Feng Wang, Yun Yun Tan, and Shunsuke Chiba 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136 (16), pp 6011–6020 

DOI: 10.1021/ja500382c

Heck–Matsuda Arylation of Olefins Through a Bicatalytic Approach: Improved Procedures and Rationalization

Nicolas Oger, François Le Callonnec, Denis Jacquemin, Eric Fouquet, Erwan Le Grognec and François-Xavier Felpin

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 1065 – 1071

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201301144

New Palladium-Catalyzed Domino Reaction with Intramolecular Ring Closure of an N-(2-Chloro-3-heteroaryl)arylamide: First Synthesis of Oxazolo[4,5-b]pyrazines

Charles S. Demmer, Jacob C. Hansen, Jan Kehler and Lennart Bunch

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 1047 – 1055

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201300845

Iron(III)-Catalyzed Denitration Reaction: One-Pot Three-Component Synthesis of Imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine Derivatives

Yan, H.; Wang, Y.; Pan, C.; Zhang, H.; Yang, S.; Ren, X.; Li, J.; Huang, G. 

Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2014, 2754-2763

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Fe-Catalysed Oxidative C-H/N-H Coupling between Aldehydes and Simple Amides

Wang, J.; Liu, C.; Yuan, J.; Lei, A.

Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 4736-4739

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Ruthenium-catalyzed alkenylation of azoxybenzenes with alkenes through ortho-selective C-H activation

Li, H.; Xie, X.; Wang, L. 

Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 4218-4221.

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Controlled hydrogenative depolymerization of polyesters and polycarbonates catalyzed by ruthenium(ii) PNN pincer complexes

Krall, E. M.; Klein, T. W.; Andersen, R. J.; Nett, A. J.; Glasgow, R. W.; Reader, D. S.; Dauphinais, B. C.; Mc Ilrath, S. P.; Fischer, A. A.; Carney, M. J.; Hudson, D. J.; Robertson, N. J. 

Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 4884-4887

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Iron-Catalysed Asymmetric Tandem Spiro-Cyclization Using Dioxygen in Air as Hydrogen Acceptor

 

Oguma, T.; Katsuki, T.

Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 5053-5056

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Unprecedented Control of Selectivity in Nickel-Catalyzed Hydrophosphorylation of Alkynes: Efficient Route to Mono- and Bisphosphonates

Levon L. Khemchyan, Julia V. Ivanova, Sergey S. Zalesskiy, Valentine P. Ananikov, Irina P. Beletskaya and Zoya A. Starikova

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 771 – 780

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201400123

Zinc-Catalyzed Direct Cyanation of Indoles and Pyrroles: Nitromethane as a Source of a Cyano Group

Yuta Nagase, Tetsuya Sugiyama, Shota Nomiyama, Kyohei Yonekura and Teruhisa Tsuchimoto

Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 347 – 352

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201301073

FeCl3 Catalyzed Regioselective C-Alkylation of Indolylnitroalkenes with Amino Group Substituted Arenes

Zanwar, M. R.; Kavala, V.; Gawande, S. D.; Kuo, C.-W.; Huang, W.-C.; Kuo, T.-S.; Huang, H.-N.; He, C.-H.; Yao, C.-F.

J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 1842-1849.

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Iron-Catalyzed Allylic C–H Amination of Substituted 1,3-Dienes

Siva Murru and Radhey S. Srivastava

Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2174-2181

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Iron-catalyzed aerobic difunctionalization of alkenes: a highly efficient approach to construct oxindoles by C–S and C–C bond formation

Tao Shen,   Yizhi Yuan,   Song Song and   Ning Jiao*

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 4115-4118

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Iron-catalyzed carbonylative Suzuki reactions under atmospheric pressure of carbon monoxide

Yanzhen Zhong and   Wei Han*

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 3874-3877

DOI: 10.1039/C4CC00688G

Reaction of Alkynes and Azides: Not Triazoles Through Copper–Acetylides but Oxazoles Through Copper–Nitrene Intermediates

Dr. Estela Haldón, Dr. Maria Besora, Dr. Israel Cano, Dr. Xacobe C. Cambeiro, Prof. Miquel A. Pericàs, Prof. Feliu Maseras, Prof. M. Carmen Nicasio and Prof. Pedro J. Pérez

 Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 3463 – 3474

 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201303737

Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Diaryl Ethers by Copper-Mediated O-Arylation of Phenols using Trivalent Arylbismuth Reagents

Cynthia Crifar, Pauline Petiot, Tabinda Ahmad and Prof. Alexandre Gagnon

 Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 2755 – 2760

 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201303684

NHC–Cu-Catalyzed Addition of Propargylboron Reagents to Phosphinoylimines. Enantioselective Synthesis of Trimethylsilyl-Substituted Homoallenylamides and Application to the Synthesis of S-(−)-Cyclooroidin

Nicholas W. Mszar, Fredrik Haeffner, and Amir H. Hoveyda

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136 (9), pp 3362–3365 

DOI: 10.1021/ja500373s

A General and Practical Palladium-Catalyzed Direct α-Arylation of Amides with Aryl Halides

Bing Zheng, Tiezheng Jia and Patrick J. Walsh

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 165 – 178

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201300851

Palladium-Catalyzed Decarbonylative Dehydration of Fatty Acids for the Production of Linear Alpha Olefins

Yiyang Liu, Kelly E. Kim, Myles B. Herbert, Alexey Fedorov, Robert H. Grubbs and Brian M. Stoltz

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 130 – 136

DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201301109

Palladium-Catalysed Dehydrogenative sp3 C-H Bonds Functionalisation into Alkenes: A Direct Access to N-Alkenylbenzenesulfonamides

Charles B. Bheeter, Rongwei Jin, Jitendra K. Bera, Pierre H. Dixneuf and Henri Doucet

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 119 – 124

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201300795

Copper-Promoted Oxidative Coupling of Enamides and Alkynes for the Synthesis of Substituted Pyrroles

Mi-Na Zhao, Zhi-Hui Ren, Prof. Yao-Yu Wang and Prof. Dr. Zheng-Hui Guan

 Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 1839 – 1842

 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201304565

CuI/Pd0 Cooperative Dual Catalysis: Tunable Stereoselective Construction of Tetra-Substituted Alkenes

Sébastien Vercruysse, Loïc Cornelissen, Fady Nahra, Laurent Collard and Prof. Olivier Riant

Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 1834 – 1838

DOI: 10.1002/chem.201304284

Modulable and Highly Diastereoselective Carbometalations of Cyclopropenes

Dr. Dorian Didier, Dr. Pierre-Olivier Delaye, Marwan Simaan, Biana Island, Dr. Guillaume Eppe, Dr. Hendrik Eijsberg, Amir Kleiner, Prof. Dr. Paul Knochel and Prof. Dr. Ilan Marek

Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 1038 – 1048

 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201303569

 

Enantioselective Copper(I/II)-Catalyzed Conjugate Addition of Nitro Esters to β,γ-Unsaturated α-Ketoesters

Sheng Zhang, Kun Xu, Fengfeng Guo, Yanbin Hu, Prof. Zhenggen Zha and Prof. Zhiyong Wang

 Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 979 – 982

DOI: 10.1002/chem.201303512

Metal-Catalyzed [6 + 3] Cycloaddition of Tropone with Azomethine Ylides: A Practical Access to Piperidine-Fused Bicyclic Heterocycles

Honglei Liu, Yang Wu, Yan Zhao, Zhen Li, Lei Zhang, Wenjun Yang, Hui Jiang, Chengfeng Jing, Hao Yu, Bo Wang, Yumei Xiao, and Hongchao Guo 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136 (6), pp 2625–2629 

DOI: 10.1021/ja4122268

Copper-Catalyzed Intermolecular Amidation and Imidation of Unactivated Alkanes

Ba L. Tran, Bijie Li, Matthias Driess, and John F. Hartwig 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136 (6), pp 2555–2563

DOI: 10.1021/ja411912p

A Mild Ni/Cu-Catalyzed Silylation via C–O Cleavage

Cayetana Zarate and Ruben Martin 

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136 (6), pp 2236–2239 

DOI: 10.1021/ja412107b

Synthesis of 2-Arylbenzoxazoles through Oxidation of C–H Bonds Adjacent to Oxygen Atoms

 

Lijun Gu, 
Wei Wang, 
Yong Xiong,
Xiangzhong Huang, 
Ganpeng Li

1. European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2014, 2, 319–322

2. DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201301504

Iron(II)-catalysed [2+2+2] cycloaddition for pyridine ring construction

Richard, V.; Ipouck, M.; Merel, D. S.; Gaillard, S.; Whitby, R. J.; Witulski, B.; Renaud, J. L.

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 593-595

DOI: 10.1039/C3CC47700B

The Iron-Catalysed Construction of 2-Aminopyrimidines from Alkynenitriles and Cyanamides

Janis Louie,   Timothy K Lane,   Minh H. Nguyen,  Brendan D'Souza and   Nathan Alan Spahn 

Chem. Commun., 2013,  49, 7735-7737

DOI: 10.1039/C3CC44422H

FeCl3 mediated intramolecular olefin-cation cyclisation of cinnamates for the synthesis of highly substituted indenes

Dattatraya Dethe and   Ganesh Murhade 

Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 8051-8053

DOI: 10.1039/C3CC43159B

Fe-Promoted Cross Coupling of Homobenzylic Methyl Ethers with Grignard Reagents via sp3 C-O Bond Cleavage

Zhang-Jie Shi,   Shuang Luo,   Da-Gang Yu,   Ru-Yi Zhu,  Xin Wang and   Lei Wang 

Chem. Commun.  2013,49, 7794-7796

DOI: 10.1039/C3CC43616K

Selective Hydrogenation of Nitroarenes using Well-defined Iron-Phosphine Catalysts

Gerrit Wienhöfer,   Mario Baseda,   Carolin Ziebart,  Felix A. Westerhaus,   Wolfgang Baumann,   Kathrin Junge,  Ralf Jackstell and   Matthias Beller  

Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 9089-9091

DOI: 10.1039/C3CC42983K