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

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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

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

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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

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