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

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 

DOI: 10.1021/ja502792s

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

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

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

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

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 

DOI: 10.1021/ja409859x