Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed [4+1] Annulation of Aromatic and Vinylic Carboxylic Acids with Allenes: An Efficient Method Towards Vinyl-Substituted Phthalides and 2-Furanones

Rhodium-Catalyzed (5+1) Annulations Between 2-Alkenylphenols and Allenes: A Practical Entry to 2,2-Disubstituted 2H-Chromenes

(2015) Noelia Casanova et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Transition-Metal-Catalyzed π-Bond-Assisted CH Bond Functionalization: An Emerging Trend in Organic Synthesis

(2015) Parthasarathy Gandeepan et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Vinylic C–H Activation: A Direct Route toward Pyridinium Salts

(2015) Ching-Zong Luo et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Indole synthesis through transition metal-catalyzed C–H activation

(2015) Tenglong Guo et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Ene-Carbonyl Reductive Coupling for the Synthesis of 3,3-Disubstituted Phthalide, 3-Hydroxyisoindolin-1-one and 3-Hydroxyoxindole Derivatives

(2014) Chien-Hung Yeh et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Regioselective Synthesis of IndolesviaRhodium-Catalyzed CH Activation Directed by anIn-SituGenerated Redox-Neutral Group

(2014) Krishnamoorthy Muralirajan et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Carboxylate-Directed CH Functionalization

(2014) Guangfa Shi et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Synthesis of Extended π-Systems through C-H Activation

(2014) Yasutomo Segawa et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Ruthenium(II)-Catalyzed CH Bond Activation: An Efficient Route toward Indenamines

(2014) Chen-Hsun Hung et al.   ChemCatChem

Rh(iii)-catalyzed synthesis of 1-substituted isoquinolinium salts via a C–H bond activation reaction of ketimines with alkynes

(2014) Natarajan Senthilkumar et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Phthalides and Phthalans: Synthetic Methodologies and Their Applications in the Total Synthesis

(2014) Raju Karmakar et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Direct Metal-Catalyzed Regioselective Functionalization of Enamides

(2014) Nicolas Gigant et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Palladium-Catalyzed CH Activation and Intermolecular Annulation with Allenes

(2014) Xiao-Feng Xia et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Catalytic C–H Activation of Phenylethylamines or Benzylamines and Their Annulation with Allenes

(2014) Aleix Rodríguez et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

RhIII-catalyzed dual directing group assisted sterically hindered C–H bond activation: a unique route to meta and ortho substituted benzofurans

(2014) Chien-Hung Yeh et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Donor–Acceptor Substituted Cyclopropane to Butanolide and Butenolide Natural Products: Enantiospecific First Total Synthesis of (+)-Hydroxyancepsenolide

(2014) Santosh J. Gharpure et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Rh(III)-Catalyzed C–H Activation with Allenes To Synthesize Conjugated Olefins

(2014) Tian-Jun Gong et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Convergent Synthesis of Diverse Tetrahydropyridines via Rh(I)-Catalyzed C–H Functionalization Sequences

(2014) Tehetena Mesganaw et al.   ORGANIC PROCESS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

Dehydrogenative Heck Annelations of Internal Alkynes

(2014) Jacques Muzart et al.   SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART

Isoquinoline skeleton synthesis via chelation-assisted C−H activation

(2014) Ruoyu He et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Palladium-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative β-Arylation of Simple Saturated Carbonyls by Aryl Halides

(2014) Parthasarathy Gandeepan et al.   ACS Catalysis

Synthesis of Substituted Quinolines by Iron(III)-Catalyzed Three-Component Coupling Reaction of Aldehydes, Amines, and Styrenes

(2014) Parthasarathy Gandeepan et al.   Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry

Carboxylate-Assisted Ruthenium-Catalyzed Alkyne Annulations by C–H/Het–H Bond Functionalizations

(2013) Lutz Ackermann   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Arene CH Bond Functionalization Coupling with Cyclization of Allenes

(2013) Rong Zeng et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

[3]Dendralene Synthesis: Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Alkenyl CH Activation and Coupling Reaction with Allenyl Carbinol Carbonate

(2013) Honggen Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Indole Synthesis by Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Hydrazine-Directed CH Activation: Redox-Neutral and Traceless by NN Bond Cleavage

(2013) Dongbing Zhao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Cu(i)-catalyzed intramolecular oxidative C–H amination of 2-aminoacetophenones: a convenient route toward isatins

(2013) Pang-Chi Huang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A convenient synthesis of quinolizinium salts through Rh(iii) or Ru(ii)-catalyzed C–H bond activation of 2-alkenylpyridines

(2013) Ching-Zong Luo et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Alcohols or Masked Alcohols as Directing Groups for C–H Bond Functionalization

(2013) Fanyang Mo et al.   CHEMISTRY LETTERS

Synthesis of Substituted 3-Iodocoumarins and 3-Iodobutenolides via Electrophilic Iodocyclization of Ethoxyalkyne Diols

(2013) Maddi Sridhar Reddy et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Ruthenium-Catalyzed ortho-Alkenylation of Phenylphosphine Oxides through Regio- and Stereoselective Alkyne Insertion into C–H Bonds

(2013) Masaki Itoh et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

A Tunable Class of Chiral Cp Ligands for Enantioselective Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed C–H Allylations of Benzamides

(2013) Baihua Ye et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Room-Temperature Synthesis of Trisubstituted Allenylsilanes via Regioselective C–H Functionalization

(2013) Rong Zeng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Ir(III)-Catalyzed Mild C–H Amidation of Arenes and Alkenes: An Efficient Usage of Acyl Azides as the Nitrogen Source

(2013) Jaeyune Ryu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

C–H bond activation enables the rapid construction and late-stage diversification of functional molecules

(2013) Joanna Wencel-Delord et al.   Nature Chemistry

Efficient Intramolecular Cyclizations of Phenoxyethynyl Diols into Multisubstituted α,β-Unsaturated Lactones

(2013) Masahiro Egi et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Carbometalation–Carboxylation of 2,3-Allenols with Carbon Dioxide: A Dramatic Effect of Halide Anion

(2013) Suhua Li et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Synthesis of Isoquinolines via Rh(III)-Catalyzed C–H Activation Using Hydrazone as a New Oxidizing Directing Group

(2013) Sheng-Chieh Chuang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Pd-Catalyzed π-Chelation Assisted ortho-C–H Activation and Annulation of Allylarenes with Internal Alkynes

(2013) Parthasarathy Gandeepan et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Rhodium(III)-Amine Dual Catalysis for the Oxidative Coupling of Aldehydes by Directed C–H Activation: Synthesis of Phthalides

(2013) Peng Wen Tan et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Tandem Michael–Dieckmann/Claisen reaction of ortho-toluates—the Staunton–Weinreb annulation

(2013) Christopher D. Donner   TETRAHEDRON

The Combined C–H Functionalization/Cope Rearrangement: Discovery and Applications in Organic Synthesis

(2012) Huw M. L. Davies et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

A Novel Rhodium-Catalyzed Cascade Cyclization: Direct Synthesis of 3-Substituted Phthalides from Aldehydes and Aromatic Acids

(2012) Xianying Shi et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Sequential C sp 3H Arylation and Olefination: Total Synthesis of the Proposed Structure of Pipercyclobutanamide A

(2012) Will R. Gutekunst et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

On the Interpretation of Deuterium Kinetic Isotope Effects in CH Bond Functionalizations by Transition-Metal Complexes

(2012) Eric M. Simmons et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Mild Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed CH Activation and Intermolecular Annulation with Allenes

(2012) Honggen Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

C–C, C–O and C–N bond formation via rhodium(iii)-catalyzed oxidative C–H activation

(2012) Guoyong Song et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

CH Activation: A Complementary Tool in the Total Synthesis of Complex Natural Products

(2012) David Y.-K. Chen et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Undirected Arene and Chelate-Assisted Olefin C-H Bond Activation: [RhIIICp*]-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Alkene-Arene Coupling as a New Pathway for the Selective Synthesis of Highly SubstitutedZOlefins

(2012) Joanna Wencel-Delord et al.   Chemistry-An Asian Journal

Highly Selective Mild Stepwise Allylation of N-Methoxybenzamides with Allenes

(2012) Rong Zeng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Allylic Carbon–Carbon Double Bond Directed Pd-Catalyzed Oxidative ortho-Olefination of Arenes

(2012) Parthasarathy Gandeepan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Spiculisporic Acids B–D, Three New γ-Butenolide Derivatives from a Sea Urchin-Derived Fungus Aspergillus sp. HDf2

(2012) Rong Wang et al.   MOLECULES

Versatile Synthesis of Isocoumarins and α-Pyrones by Ruthenium-Catalyzed Oxidative C–H/O–H Bond Cleavages

(2012) Lutz Ackermann et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Rhodium(iii)-catalyzed synthesis of phthalides by cascade addition and cyclization of benzimidates with aldehydes

(2012) Yajing Lian et al.   Chemical Science

Synthesis of biarylketones and phthalides from organoboronic acids and aldehydes catalyzed by cobalt complexes

(2011) Jaganathan Karthikeyan et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

RhIII-Catalyzed Oxidative Olefination of Vinylic CH Bonds: Efficient and Selective Access to Di-unsaturated α-Amino Acid Derivatives and Other Linear 1,3-Butadienes

(2011) Tatiana Besset et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Total Synthesis and Structural Revision of the Piperarborenines via Sequential Cyclobutane C–H Arylation

(2011) Will R. Gutekunst et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Ruthenium-Catalyzed Oxidative C–H Bond Alkenylations in Water: Expedient Synthesis of Annulated Lactones

(2011) Lutz Ackermann et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Rhodium or palladium-catalyzed cascade aryl addition/intramolecular lactonization of phthalaldehydonitrile to access 3-aryl and 3-alkenyl phthalides

(2011) Guanglei Lv et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Rhodium-Catalyzed Cascade Reaction: Aryl Addition/Intramolecular Esterification to Access 3-Aryl and 3-Alkenyl Phthalides

(2010) Zhishi Ye et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

syn-Selective Rhodium(I)-Catalyzed Allylations of Ketimines Proceeding through a Directed CH Activation/Allene Addition Sequence

(2010) Duc N. Tran et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Palladium-Catalyzed Cascade Aryl Addition/Intramolecular Lactonization of Phthalaldehyde To Access 3-Aryl- and Alkenylphthalides

(2010) Zhishi Ye et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Synthesis of Phenanthrone Derivatives fromsec-Alkyl Aryl Ketones and Aryl Halides via a Palladium-Catalyzed Dual C−H Bond Activation and Enolate Cyclization

(2010) Parthasarathy Gandeepan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Rhenium-Catalyzed Diastereoselective Synthesis of Aminoindanes via the Insertion of Allenes into a C−H Bond

(2010) Yoichiro Kuninobu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Palladium(II)-CatalyzedorthoAlkylation of Benzoic Acids with Alkyl Halides

(2009) Yang-Hui Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Synthesis of Functionalized α-Pyrone and Butenolide Derivatives by Rhodium-Catalyzed Oxidative Coupling of Substituted Acrylic Acids with Alkynes and Alkenes

(2009) Satoshi Mochida et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Synthesis of 5,5-Disubstituted Butenolides Based on a Pd-Catalyzed γ-Arylation Strategy

(2009) Alan M. Hyde et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Direct Prenylation of Aromatic and α,β-Unsaturated Carboxamides via Iridium-Catalyzed C−H Oxidative Addition−Allene Insertion

(2009) Yong Jian Zhang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

C−H Activation of Phenyl Imines and 2-Phenylpyridines with [Cp*MCl2]2(M = Ir, Rh): Regioselectivity, Kinetics, and Mechanism

(2009) Ling Li et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Cobalt- and Nickel-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Reductive Coupling of Alkynes, Allenes, and Alkenes with Alkenes

(2008) Masilamani Jeganmohan et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

General, Regiodefined Access to α-Substituted Butenolides through Metal−Halogen Exchange of 3-Bromo-2-silyloxyfurans. Efficient Synthesis of an Anti-inflammatory Gorgonian Lipid

(2008) John Boukouvalas et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Catalytic C–H functionalization by metal carbenoid and nitrenoid insertion

(2008) Huw M. L. Davies et al.   NATURE