Recent approaches for C–C bond formation via direct dehydrative coupling strategies

Designing Catalysts for Functionalization of Unactivated C–H Bonds Based on the CH Activation Reaction

(2012) Brian G. Hashiguchi et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Copper-Mediated and Copper-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Indoles and 1,3-Azoles: Double CH Activation

(2012) Mayuko Nishino et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enantioselective alkylation of β-keto phosphonates by direct use of diaryl methanols as electrophiles

(2012) Masashi Shibata et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Transition metal catalyzed nucleophilic allylic substitution: activation of allylic alcohols via π-allylic species

(2012) Basker Sundararaju et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Cooperative Catalytic Reactions Using Distinct Transition-Metal Catalysts: Ruthenium- and Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective Propargylic Alkylation

(2012) Masahiro Ikeda et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Enantioselective Organocatalytic α-Alkylation of Ketones by SN1-Type Reaction of Alcohols

(2012) Maria Trifonidou et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Dehydrative C–H Alkylation and Alkenylation of Phenols with Alcohols: Expedient Synthesis for Substituted Phenols and Benzofurans

(2012) Dong-Hwan Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Direct Heteroarylation of Tautomerizable Heterocycles into Unsymmetrical and Symmetrical Biheterocycles via Pd/Cu-Catalyzed Phosphonium Coupling

(2012) Abhishek Sharma et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Merging Organocatalysis with Transition Metal Catalysis: Highly Stereoselective α-Alkylation of Aldehydes

(2012) Jian Xiao   ORGANIC LETTERS

Well-Defined Ruthenium(II) Carboxylate as Catalyst for Direct C–H/C–O Bond Arylations with Phenols in Water

(2012) Lutz Ackermann et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Ruthenium- and Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective Propargylic Alkylation of Propargylic Alcohols with β-Keto Phosphonates

(2012) Kazuki Motoyama et al.   ORGANOMETALLICS

Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Enantioselective Propargylic Substitution Reactions of Propargylic Alcohol Derivatives with Nucleophiles

(2012) Yoshiaki Nishibayashi   SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART

sp3-sp2 C-C Bond Formation via Brønsted Acid Trifluoromethanesulfonic Acid-Catalyzed Direct Coupling Reaction of Alcohols and Alkenes

(2011) Hui-Lan Yue et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Gold-Catalyzed Cascade Friedel-Crafts/Furan-Yne Cyclization/Heteroenyne Metathesis for the Highly Efficient Construction of Phenanthrene Derivatives

(2011) Yifeng Chen et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Gold-catalyzed propargylic substitutions: Scope and synthetic developments

(2011) Olivier Debleds et al.   Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry

Ortho-methylated tribenzotriquinacenes—paving the way to curved carbon networks

(2011) Yvonne Kirchwehm et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Catalytic Asymmetric Propargylation

(2011) Chang-Hua Ding et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

C–H Functionalization in organic synthesis

(2011) Huw M. L. Davies et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Microwave-assisted C–C bond forming cross-coupling reactions: an overview

(2011) Vaibhav P. Mehta et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Decarboxylative coupling reactions: a modern strategy for C–C-bond formation

(2011) Nuria Rodríguez et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

N-Tosylhydrazones: versatile reagents for metal-catalyzed and metal-free cross-coupling reactions

(2011) Zhihui Shao et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Fundamentals of green chemistry: efficiency in reaction design

(2011) Roger A. Sheldon   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Green chemistry oriented organic synthesis in water

(2011) Marc-Olivier Simon et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Highly Stable and Magnetically Recyclable Mesoporous Silica Spheres Embedded with FeCo/Graphitic Shell Nanocrystals for Supported Catalysts

(2011) Yan Li et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

FeCl3- and GaCl3-Catalyzed Dehydrative Coupling Reaction of Chromone-Derived Morita-Baylis-Hillman Alcohols with Terminal Alkynes

(2011) Chen Wu et al.   CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Gold-Catalyzed Dehydrative Transformations of Unsaturated Alcohols

(2011) Berenger Biannic et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Gluconic acid aqueous solution as a sustainable and recyclable promoting medium for organic reactions

(2011) Binghua Zhou et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Direct nucleophilic substitution reaction of alcohols mediated by a zinc-based ionic liquid

(2011) Anlian Zhu et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Iron(iii)-based ionic liquid-catalyzed regioselective benzylation of arenes and heteroarenes

(2011) Jian Gao et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Recent advances in ionic liquid catalysis

(2011) Qinghua Zhang et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Copper-Mediated Intermolecular Direct Biaryl Coupling

(2011) Masanori Kitahara et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Iridium-catalysed direct C–C coupling of methanol and allenes

(2011) Joseph Moran et al.   Nature Chemistry

Iron-catalyzed ene-type propargylation of diarylethylenes with propargyl alcohols

(2011) Shiyong Peng et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Atom-Economical Chemoselective Synthesis of 1,4-Diynes and Polysubstituted Furans/Pyrroles from Propargyl Alcohols and Terminal Alkynes

(2011) Tao Wang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Iron-Catalyzed Stereospecific Olefin Synthesis by Direct Coupling of Alcohols and Alkenes with Alcohols

(2011) Zhong-Quan Liu et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Selective Catalytic C-H Alkylation of Alkenes with Alcohols

(2011) D.-H. Lee et al.   SCIENCE

Cu(OTf)2-catalyzed arylmethylation of terminal alkynes with benzylic alcohols under ligand-, base-, and additive-free reaction conditions

(2011) Kai Ren et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Alkylation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds with benzylic and propargylic alcohols using Ir–Sn bimetallic catalyst: synthesis of fully decorated furans and pyrroles

(2011) Paresh Nath Chatterjee et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Condensation of propargylic alcohols with 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds and 4-hydroxycoumarins in ionic liquids (ILs)

(2011) Gopalakrishnan Aridoss et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

One-Pot Synthesis of Polyfunctionalized 4H-Chromenes and Dihydrocoumarins Based on Copper(II) Bromide-Catalyzed CC Coupling of Benzylic Alcohols with Ketene Dithioacetals

(2010) Deqiang Liang et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Calcium-Catalyzed Friedel-Crafts Alkylation at Room Temperature

(2010) Meike Niggemann et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A review of new developments in the Friedel–Crafts alkylation – From green chemistry to asymmetric catalysis

(2010) Magnus Rueping et al.   Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry

Direct dehydrative cross-coupling of tautomerizable heterocycles with alkynes via Pd/Cu-catalyzed phosphonium coupling

(2010) Fu-An Kang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Direct C−H Transformation via Iron Catalysis

(2010) Chang-Liang Sun et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Immobilization of molecular catalysts in supported ionic liquid phases

(2010) Charlie Van Doorslaer et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Triflic acid adsorbed on silica gel as an efficient and recyclable catalyst for the addition of β-dicarbonyl compounds to alcohols and alkenes

(2010) Pei Nian Liu et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Green chemistry by nano-catalysis

(2010) Vivek Polshettiwar et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Nickel-Catalyzed Allylic Substitution of Simple Alkenes

(2010) Ryosuke Matsubara et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Efficient Pd-Catalyzed Coupling of Tautomerizable Heterocycles with Terminal Alkynes via C−OH Bond Activation Using PyBrOP

(2010) Ce Shi et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Fe(ClO4)3·×H2O-Catalyzed direct C–C bond forming reactions between secondary benzylic alcohols with different types of nucleophiles

(2010) Ponnaboina Thirupathi et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Direct benzylation and allylic alkylation in high-temperature water without added catalysts

(2010) Tsunehisa Hirashita et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

1,3-Dicarbonyl compounds in stereoselective domino and multicomponent reactions

(2010) Damien Bonne et al.   TETRAHEDRON-ASYMMETRY

Catalytic Propargylic Substitution Reactions

(2009) Yoshihiro Miyake et al.   ChemCatChem

Silica-Supported Silver Nanoparticles with Surface Oxygen Species as a Reusable Catalyst for Alkylation of Arenes

(2009) Ken-ichi Shimizu et al.   ChemCatChem

Sp–sp3 C–C bond formation via Fe(OTf)3/TfOH cocatalyzed coupling reaction of terminal alkynes with benzylic alcohols

(2009) Shi-Kai Xiang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Organic Synthesis “On Water”

(2009) Arani Chanda et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Green Chemistry: Principles and Practice

(2009) Paul Anastas et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

New and Efficient Iron Halide Mediated Synthesis of Alkenyl Halides through Coupling of Alkynes and Alcohols

(2009) Srijit Biswas et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Catalyzed Propargylic Substitution

(2009) Remko J. Detz et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

FeX3-Promoted Intermolecular Addition of Benzylic Alcohols to Aromatic Alkynes: A Mild and Efficient Strategy for the Synthesis of Alkenyl Halides

(2009) Kai Ren et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Microwave-Assisted Palladium-Catalyzed Phosphonium Coupling of 2(1H)-Pyrazinones

(2009) Vaibhav P. Mehta et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Iron(III) chloride-catalysed direct nucleophilic α-substitution of Morita-Baylis-Hillman alcohols with alcohols, arenes, 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds, and thiols

(2009) Xiaoxiang Zhang et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Controllable stereoselective synthesis of trisubstituted alkenes by a catalytic three-component reaction of terminal alkynes, benzylic alcohols, and simple arenes

(2009) Hai-Hua Li et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

π-Activated alcohols: an emerging class of alkylating agents for catalytic Friedel–Crafts reactions

(2009) Marco Bandini et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Synthesis of Chromans via [3 + 3] Cyclocoupling of Phenols with Allylic Alcohols Using a Mo/o-Chloranil Catalyst System

(2009) Yoshihiko Yamamoto et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Gold-Catalyzed Cascade Friedel−Crafts/Furan−Alkyne Cycloisomerizations for the Highly Efficient Synthesis of Arylated (Z)-Enones or -Enals

(2009) Yifeng Chen et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Asymmetric synthesis of chiral chromans

(2009) Hong C. Shen   TETRAHEDRON

Copper-free Sonogashira reactions of 4-hydroxycoumarins with alkynes

(2009) Yong Luo et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Brönsted acid ionic liquid-catalyzed direct benzylation, allylation and propargylation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds with alcohols as well as one-pot synthesis of 4H-chromenes

(2009) Kazumasa Funabiki et al.   TETRAHEDRON

An efficient and mild iron-mediated synthesis of alkenyl halides via direct C–C bond formation of benzyl alcohols and aryl alkynes

(2009) Zhong-Quan Liu et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Amberlyst-15® in ionic liquid: an efficient and recyclable reagent for the benzylation and hydroalkylation of β-dicarbonyl compounds

(2009) Ziyauddin S. Qureshi et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

A Rational Approach towards the Nucleophilic Substitutions of Alcohols “on Water”

(2008) Pier Giorgio Cozzi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Transition metal catalysed reactions of alcohols using borrowing hydrogen methodology

(2008) Tracy D. Nixon et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Iron(III)-Catalyzed Addition of Benzylic Alcohols to Aryl Alkynes - A New Synthesis of Substituted Aryl Ketones

(2008) Umasish Jana et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Phosphonium Coupling in the Direct Bond Formations of Tautomerizable Heterocycles via C-OH Bond Activation

(2008) Fu-An Kang et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Calix[n]arene sulfonic acids bearing pendant aliphatic chains as recyclable surfactant-type Brønsted acid catalysts for allylic alkylation with allyl alcohols in water

(2008) Yu-Liang Liu et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Pd-Catalyzed Direct Arylation of Tautomerizable Heterocycles with Aryl Boronic Acids via C−OH Bond Activation Using Phosphonium Salts

(2008) Fu-An Kang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Ruthenium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Carbon−Carbon Bond Forming Reaction via Allenylidene-Ene Process: Synthetic Approach to Chiral Heterocycles Such As Chromane, Thiochromane, and 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroquinoline Derivatives

(2008) Koji Fukamizu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Dehydrative Direct Arylations of Arenes with Phenols via Ruthenium-Catalyzed C−H and C−OH Bond Functionalizations

(2008) Lutz Ackermann et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Microwave-Irradiated Transition-Metal Catalysis: Rapid and Efficient Dehydrative Carbon-Carbon Coupling of Alcohols with Active Methylenes

(2008) Akio Baba et al.   SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART

Gold- and silver-catalyzed allylic alkylation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds with allylic alcohols

(2008) Prasath Kothandaraman et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Applications of ionic liquids in the chemical industry

(2007) Natalia V. Plechkova et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Synthesis of benzylpalladium complexes through C–O bond cleavage of benzylic carboxylates: Development of a novel palladium-catalyzed benzylation of olefins

(2007) Hirohisa Narahashi et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY