Recent developments in free-radical-promoted C–Si formation via selective C–H/Si–H functionalization

Transfer Hydrosilylation

(2015) Martin Oestreich   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A Free-Radical-Promoted Stereospecific Decarboxylative Silylation of α,β-Unsaturated Acids with Silanes

(2015) Lizhi Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Catalysis of Radical Reactions: A Radical Chemistry Perspective

(2015) Armido Studer et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Catalytic Silylation of Unactivated C–H Bonds

(2015) Chen Cheng et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Silylation of C–H bonds in aromatic heterocycles by an Earth-abundant metal catalyst

(2015) Anton A. Toutov et al.   NATURE

Radical 1,2-aryl migration in α,α-diaryl allylic alcohols toward β-silyl ketones

(2015) Haibo Peng et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

A Free Radical Cascade Silylarylation of Activated Alkenes: Highly Selective Activation of the Si–H/C–H Bonds

(2015) Lizhi Zhang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Recent Advances in Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Silylations of Arenes with Hydrosilanes: C–X Bond Cleavage or C–H Bond Activation­ Synchronized with Si–H Bond Activation

(2015) Zheng Xu et al.   SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART

Synthesis of silafluorenes and silaindenes via silyl radicals from arylhydrosilanes: intramolecular cyclization and intermolecular annulation with alkynes

(2015) Liang Xu et al.   Organic Chemistry Frontiers

TBHP-promoted sequential radical silylation and aromatisation of aryl isonitriles with silanes

(2014) Lei Wang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

The electron is a catalyst

(2014) Armido Studer et al.   Nature Chemistry

9-Silafluorenes via Base-Promoted Homolytic Aromatic Substitution (BHAS) – The Electron as a Catalyst

(2014) Dirk Leifert et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Lewis-base silane activation: from reductive cleavage of aryl ethers to selective ortho-silylation

(2013) Alexey Fedorov et al.   Chemical Science

Borylation and Silylation of C–H Bonds: A Platform for Diverse C–H Bond Functionalizations

(2011) John F. Hartwig   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Organocatalysis and CH Activation Meet Radical- and Electron-Transfer Reactions

(2011) Armido Studer et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

tert-Butoxide-Mediated Arylation of Benzene with Aryl Halides in the Presence of a Catalytic 1,10-Phenanthroline Derivative

(2010) Eiji Shirakawa et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Organocatalysis in Cross-Coupling: DMEDA-Catalyzed Direct C−H Arylation of Unactivated Benzene

(2010) Wei Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

An efficient organocatalytic method for constructing biaryls through aromatic C–H activation

(2010) Chang-Liang Sun et al.   Nature Chemistry

Potassiumt-Butoxide Alone Can Promote the Biaryl Coupling of Electron-Deficient Nitrogen Heterocycles and Haloarenes

(2008) Shuichi Yanagisawa et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

(Me3Si)3SiH: Twenty Years After Its Discovery as a Radical-Based Reducing Agent

(2007) Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL