“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. 

doi: 10.1002/chem.201302838

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

DOI: 10.1021/ja408112j

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. 

doi: 10.1002/chem.201301818

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. 

doi: 10.1002/chem.201302031

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

Dupuy, S. and Nolan, S. P. 

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

doi: 10.1002/chem.201303200

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

DOI: 10.1021/ja406999p

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

DOI: 10.1021/ja406260j

Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic C–H Fluorination

Marie-Gabrielle Braun and Abigail G. Doyle

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

DOI: 10.1021/ja407223g

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.

doi: 10.1002/chem.201301774

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. 

doi: 10.1002/chem.201301623

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

DOI: 10.1021/ja4064926

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

DOI: 10.1021/ja405936s

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

DOI: 10.1021/ja404255u

Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Spirocyclic Azlactones by a Double Michael-Addition Approach

 Weber, M., Frey, W. and Peters, R. 

Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 8342–8351. 

doi: 10.1002/chem.201300224

Synthesis and Study of Cationic, Two-Coordinate Triphenylphosphine– Gold–π Complexes

Brooner, R. E. M., Brown, T. J. and Widenhoefer, R. A. 

Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 8276–8284. 

doi: 10.1002/chem.201204564

Sterically Controlled, Palladium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Amination of Arenes

Ruja Shrestha , Paramita Mukherjee , Yichen Tan , Zachary C. Litman , and John F. Hartwig *

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (23), pp 8480–8483

DOI: 10.1021/ja4032677

Chelation-Assisted Cross-Coupling of Anilines through In Situ Activation as Diazonium Salts with Boronic Acids under Ligand-, Base-, and Salt-Free Conditions

Joncour, R., Susperregui, N., Pinaud, N., Miqueu, K., Fouquet, E., Sotiropoulos, J.-M. and Felpin, F.-X.

Chem. Eur. J.,2013, 19, 9291–9296. 

doi: 10.1002/chem.201300858

Pd-Catalyzed Chemoselective Catellani Ortho-Arylation of Iodopyrroles: Rapid Total Synthesis of Rhazinal

Xianwei Sui , Rui Zhu , Gencheng Li , Xinna Ma , and Zhenhua Gu *

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (25), pp 9318–9321

DOI: 10.1021/ja404494u

Pd(II)-Catalyzed Phosphorylation of Aryl C–H Bonds

 

Chen-Guo Feng , Mengchun Ye , Kai-Jiong Xiao , Suhua Li , and Jin-Quan Yu *

 J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (25), pp 9322–9325

DOI: 10.1021/ja404526x