Development of Direct Aromatic Coupling Reactions by Transition-Metal Catalysis

Low-Valent Cobalt Catalysis: New Opportunities for C–H Functionalization

(2014) Ke Gao et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Cross-Coupling of Heteroarenes by CH Functionalization: Recent Progress towards Direct Arylation and Heteroarylation Reactions Involving Heteroarenes Containing One Heteroatom

(2014) Renzo Rossi et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Palladium-Catalysed, Directed CH Coupling with Organometallics

(2014) Ramesh Giri et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Synthesis of Anthranilic Acid Derivatives through Iron-Catalyzed Ortho Amination of Aromatic Carboxamides with N-Chloroamines

(2014) Tatsuaki Matsubara et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Pyrroloindolone Synthesis via a Cp*CoIII-Catalyzed Redox-Neutral Directed C–H Alkenylation/Annulation Sequence

(2014) Hideya Ikemoto et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Highly Efficient Catalyst for the Synthesis of Alternating Copolymers with Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione Units via Direct Arylation Polymerization

(2014) Masayuki Wakioka et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Copper-Mediated Direct Arylation of Azole Compounds

(2014) Koji Hirano et al.   TOPICS IN CATALYSIS

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

(2013) Lutz Ackermann   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

The Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling of C sp 3H Bonds: A Versatile Strategy for CC Bond Formations

(2013) Simon A. Girard et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Copper-Mediated CH/CH Biaryl Coupling of Benzoic Acid Derivatives and 1,3-Azoles

(2013) Mayuko Nishino et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Catalytic Functionalization of C(sp2)H and C(sp3)H Bonds by Using Bidentate Directing Groups

(2013) Guy Rouquet et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

C–H nitrogenation and oxygenation by ruthenium catalysis

(2013) Vedhagiri S. Thirunavukkarasu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Aerobic Copper-Catalyzed Organic Reactions

(2013) Scott E. Allen et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

sp2 C–H bond activation in water and catalytic cross-coupling reactions

(2013) Bin Li et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Arylation and Alkenylation of 3-(Indol-3-yl)propionic Acids through C–H Bond Cleavage

(2013) Tetsuya Satoh et al.   HETEROCYCLES

Copper-Mediated Dehydrogenative Biaryl Coupling of Naphthylamines and 1,3-Azoles

(2013) Riko Odani et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Integrated Materials Design of Organic Semiconductors for Field-Effect Transistors

(2013) Jianguo Mei et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Nickel-Catalyzed Direct Arylation of C(sp3)–H Bonds in Aliphatic Amides via Bidentate-Chelation Assistance

(2013) Yoshinori Aihara et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Rhodium(III)-catalyzed Oxidative Coupling through C–H Bond Cleavage Directed by Phosphinoxy Groups

(2013) Yuto Unoh et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Synthesis of Phosphaisocoumarins through Rhodium-Catalyzed Cyclization Using Alkynes and Arylphosphonic Acid Monoesters

(2013) Jungmin Seo et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Phosphoryl-Related Directing Groups in Rhodium(III) Catalysis: A General Strategy to Diverse P-Containing Frameworks

(2013) Dongbing Zhao et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Synthesis and properties of a benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene core π-system that bears alkyl, alkylthio and alkoxy groups at 3,7-positions

(2013) Shinya Ota et al.   RSC Advances

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

CH Bond Functionalization: Emerging Synthetic Tools for Natural Products and Pharmaceuticals

(2012) Junichiro Yamaguchi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling: A Historical Contextual Perspective to the 2010 Nobel Prize

(2012) Carin C. C. Johansson Seechurn et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Copper-mediated oxidative direct C–C (hetero)aromatic cross-coupling

(2012) Koji Hirano et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Ruthenium(II)-Catalyzed C–H Bond Activation and Functionalization

(2012) Percia Beatrice Arockiam et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

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

Ru/Ag-Catalyzed Oxidative Alkenylation of Benzamides and Phenylazoles through Regioselective C–H Bond Cleavage

(2012) Yuto Hashimoto et al.   CHEMISTRY LETTERS

Cu–Rh Redox Relay Catalysts for Synthesis of Azaheterocycles via C–H Functionalization

(2012) Shunsuke Chiba   CHEMISTRY LETTERS

Recent Progress in Nickel-Catalyzed Biaryl Coupling

(2012) Junichiro Yamaguchi et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Copper(II)-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Cross-Coupling between Two Azoles

(2012) Xurong Qin et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Synthesis, Properties, and Photovoltaic Performances of Donor–Acceptor Copolymers Having Dioxocycloalkene-Annelated Thiophenes As Acceptor Monomer Units

(2012) Yutaka Ie et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Copper-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Cross-Coupling of Benzothiazoles with Thiazoles and Polyfluoroarene

(2012) Shilu Fan et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Copper(II)-Mediated Dehydrogenative Cross-Coupling of Heteroarenes

(2012) Zhifeng Mao et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Dehydrogenative Synthesis of C3-Azolylindoles via Copper-Promoted Annulative Direct Coupling of o-Alkynylanilines

(2012) Koji Hirano et al.   SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART

Synthesis of highly substituted isocoumarins by rhodium-catalyzed annulation of readily available benzoic acids

(2012) Yuto Unoh et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Rhodium Catalyzed Chelation-Assisted C–H Bond Functionalization Reactions

(2011) Denise A. Colby et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Weak Coordination as a Powerful Means for Developing Broadly Useful C–H Functionalization Reactions

(2011) Keary M. Engle et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Thienoacene-Based Organic Semiconductors

(2011) Kazuo Takimiya et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Synthesis of 5-Alkyl[3,4-c]thienopyrrole-4,6-dione-Based Polymers by Direct Heteroarylation

(2011) Philippe Berrouard et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Bond Formations between Two Nucleophiles: Transition Metal Catalyzed Oxidative Cross-Coupling Reactions

(2011) Chao Liu et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Alkene Functionalization via Nucleopalladation: Stereochemical Pathways and Enantioselective Catalytic Applications

(2011) Richard I. McDonald et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Semiconducting π-Conjugated Systems in Field-Effect Transistors: A Material Odyssey of Organic Electronics

(2011) Chengliang Wang et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Intermolecular Dehydrogenative Heck Reactions

(2011) Jean Le Bras et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Catalytic Dehydrogenative Cross-Coupling: Forming Carbon−Carbon Bonds by Oxidizing Two Carbon−Hydrogen Bonds

(2011) Charles S. Yeung et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Carboxylate-Assisted Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C−H Bond Functionalizations: Mechanism and Scope

(2011) Lutz Ackermann   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

35 years of palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling with Grignard reagents: how far have we come?

(2011) Christiane E. I. Knappke et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Towards mild metal-catalyzed C–H bond activation

(2011) Joanna Wencel-Delord et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Recent advances in the transition metal-catalyzed twofold oxidative C–H bond activation strategy for C–C and C–N bond formation

(2011) Seung Hwan Cho et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Palladium-catalyzed Direct Monoarylation of Thiophene-, Benzothiophene-, and Indoleacetic Acids through Regioselective C–H Bond Cleavage

(2011) Daisuke Takeda et al.   CHEMISTRY LETTERS

Ruthenium-catalyzed Oxidative Alkenylation of Arenes via Regioselective C–H Bond Cleavage Directed by a Nitrogen-containing Group

(2011) Yuto Hashimoto et al.   CHEMISTRY LETTERS

Rhodium-Catalyzed Regioselective Olefination Directed by a Carboxylic Group

(2011) Satoshi Mochida et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Copper-Mediated Intermolecular Direct Biaryl Coupling

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

Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Alkynylation of Heterocycles with Terminal Alkynes under Air Conditions

(2011) Seok Hwan Kim et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Ruthenium-Catalyzed Oxidative Vinylation of Heteroarene Carboxylic Acids with Alkenes via Regioselective C−H Bond Cleavage

(2011) Takumi Ueyama et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Formal Inverse Sonogashira Reaction: Direct Alkynylation of Arenes and Heterocycles with Alkynyl Halides

(2010) Alexander S. Dudnik et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Nickel-Catalyzed Direct CH Arylation and Alkenylation of Heteroarenes with Organosilicon Reagents

(2010) Hitoshi Hachiya et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Oxidative Nickel-Air Catalysis in CH Arylation: Direct Cross-Coupling of Azoles with Arylboronic Acids using Air as Sole Oxidant

(2010) Hitoshi Hachiya et al.   ChemCatChem

Pd-catalyzed oxidative coupling with organometallic reagents via C–H activation

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

Palladium-Catalyzed Ligand-Directed C−H Functionalization Reactions

(2010) Thomas W. Lyons et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Organic Reactions Catalyzed by Rhenium Carbonyl Complexes

(2010) Yoichiro Kuninobu et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Rhodium-catalyzed Oxidative Coupling/Cyclization of Benzamides with Alkynes via C–H Bond Cleavage

(2010) Satoshi Mochida et al.   CHEMISTRY LETTERS

Overview of the Mechanistic Work on the Concerted Metallation–Deprotonation Pathway

(2010) David Lapointe et al.   CHEMISTRY LETTERS

Room Temperature Direct Alkynylation of 1,3,4-Oxadiazoles with Alkynyl Bromides under Copper Catalysis

(2010) Tsuyoshi Kawano et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Rh-Catalyzed Oxidative Coupling between Primary and Secondary Benzamides and Alkynes: Synthesis of Polycyclic Amides

(2010) Guoyong Song et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Rhodium-Catalyzed Oxidative 1:1, 1:2, and 1:4 Coupling Reactions of Phenylazoles with Internal Alkynes through the Regioselective Cleavages of Multiple C−H Bonds

(2010) Nobuyoshi Umeda et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Isoquinolone Synthesis: The N−O Bond as a Handle for C−N Bond Formation and Catalyst Turnover

(2010) Nicolas Guimond et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Copper-Catalyzed Direct Alkynylation of Electron-Deficient Polyfluoroarenes with Terminal Alkynes Using O2as an Oxidant

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

Palladium-Catalyzed Dehydrohalogenative Polycondensation of 2-Bromo-3-hexylthiophene: An Efficient Approach to Head-to-Tail Poly(3-hexylthiophene)

(2010) Qifeng Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Rhodium-Catalyzed Oxidative Cycloaddition of Benzamides and Alkynes via C−H/N−H Activation

(2010) Todd K. Hyster et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Nickel- and Copper-Catalyzed Direct Alkynylation of Azoles and Polyfluoroarenes with Terminal Alkynes under O2or Atmospheric Conditions

(2010) Naoto Matsuyama et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Highly Efficient and Versatile Pd-Catalyzed Direct Alkynylation of Both Azoles and Azolines

(2010) Seok Hwan Kim et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Synthesis of Stilbene and Distyrylbenzene Derivatives through Rhodium-CatalyzedOrtho-Olefination and Decarboxylation of Benzoic Acids

(2010) Satoshi Mochida et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

1,1-Dibromo-1-alkenes as Valuable Partners in the Copper-Catalyzed Direct Alkynylation of Azoles

(2010) Beatriz Pacheco Berciano et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Rhodium-Catalyzed Oxidative Coupling/Cyclization of 2-Phenylindoles with Alkynes via C−H and N−H Bond Cleavages with Air as the Oxidant

(2010) Keisuke Morimoto et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Regioselective Arylation and Vinylation of Carboxylic Acids

(2010) Tetsuya Satoh et al.   SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART

Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Oxidative Heck Reactions

(2010) Babak Karimi et al.   SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART

Palladium- and Copper-Catalyzed Arylation of Carbon−Hydrogen Bonds

(2009) Olafs Daugulis et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Transition Metal-Catalysed, Direct and Site-Selective N1-, C2- or C3-Arylation of the Indole Nucleus: 20 Years of Improvements

(2009) Lionel Joucla et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Direct Arylation of (Hetero)Arenes by CH Bond Cleavage

(2009) Lutz Ackermann et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Palladium(II)-Catalyzed CH Activation/CC Cross-Coupling Reactions: Versatility and Practicality

(2009) Xiao Chen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Palladium-Catalyzed C3 or C4 Direct Arylation of Heteroaromatic Compounds with Aryl Halides by CH Bond Activation

(2009) Julien Roger et al.   ChemCatChem

Rhodium-catalyzed oxidative coupling of aromatic imines with internal alkynes via regioselective C–H bond cleavage

(2009) Tatsuya Fukutani et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Functional Oligothiophenes: Molecular Design for Multidimensional Nanoarchitectures and Their Applications†

(2009) Amaresh Mishra et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Rhodium-Catalyzed C−C Bond Formation via Heteroatom-Directed C−H Bond Activation

(2009) Denise A. Colby et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Rhodium-Catalyzed Mono- and Divinylation of 1-Phenylpyrazoles and Related Compounds via Regioselective C−H Bond Cleavage

(2009) Nobuyoshi Umeda et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Nickel-Catalyzed Direct Alkynylation of Azoles with Alkynyl Bromides

(2009) Naoto Matsuyama et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Copper-Mediated Direct Arylation of 1,3,4-Oxadiazoles and 1,2,4-Triazoles with Aryl Iodides

(2009) Tsuyoshi Kawano et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Nickel-Catalyzed Direct Arylation of Azoles with Aryl Bromides

(2009) Hitoshi Hachiya et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Nickel-Catalyzed Biaryl Coupling of Heteroarenes and Aryl Halides/Triflates

(2009) Jérôme Canivet et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Synthesis of 2,5-diaryloxazoles through van Leusen reaction and copper-mediated direct arylation

(2009) Tomoki Yoshizumi et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Metal−Organic Cooperative Catalysis in C−H and C−C Bond Activation and Its Concurrent Recovery

(2008) Young Jun Park et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling (CDC): Exploring C−C Bond Formations beyond Functional Group Transformations

(2008) Chao-Jun Li   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Fluorescent Naphthyl- and Anthrylazoles from the Catalytic Coupling of Phenylazoles with Internal Alkynes through the Cleavage of Multiple CH Bonds

(2008) Nobuyoshi Umeda et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Ortho-selective Arylation of Arylazoles with Aryl Bromides Catalyzed by Ruthenium Complexes

(2008) Shuichi Oi et al.   CHEMISTRY LETTERS

Rhodium-catalyzed regioselective arylation of phenylazoles and related compounds with arylboron reagents via C–H bond cleavage

(2008) Sawako Miyamura et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

Palladium-Catalyzed Perarylation of 3-Thiophene- and 3-Furancarboxylic Acids Accompanied by C−H Bond Cleavage and Decarboxylation

(2008) Masaya Nakano et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation via Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Cleavage

(2008) Fumitoshi Kakiuchi et al.   SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART

Nitrogen-directed ortho-arylation and -heteroarylation of aromatic rings catalyzed by ruthenium complexes

(2008) Shuichi Oi et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Bidentate phosphines as ligands in the palladium-catalyzed intramolecular arylation: the intermolecular base-assisted proton abstraction mechanism

(2008) Sergio Pascual et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Copper-mediated direct arylation of benzoazoles with aryl iodides

(2008) Tomoki Yoshizumi et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS