Despite the rich photochemistry of 3d‐metal complexes, the utilization of excited‐state
reactivity of these compounds in organic synthesis has been historically overlooked. The …

Fluorinated molecules have a wide range of applications and are used as medicines,
agrochemicals and refrigerants and in smartphone liquid crystal displays, photovoltaic solar …

Herein, a regioselective, late-stage two-step arene halogenation method is reported. We
propose how unusual Ni (I)/(III) catalysis is enabled by a combination of aryl thianthrenium …

Conspectus The direct transformation of C–H bonds into diverse functional groups
represents one of the most atom-and step-economical strategies for organic synthesis and …

This Review summarizes advances in fluorination by C (sp2)− H and C (sp3)− H activation.
Transition‐metal‐catalyzed approaches championed by palladium have allowed the …

Photoredox catalysis, especially in combination with transition metal catalysis, can produce
redox states of transition metal catalysts to facilitate challenging bond formations that are not …

Abundant aromatic carboxylic acids exist in great structural diversity from nature and
synthesis. To date, the synthetically valuable decarboxylative functionalization of benzoic …

Transition metal-catalyzed direct functionalization of C–H bonds is one of the key emerging
strategies that is currently attracting tremendous attention with the aim to provide alternative …

The high utility of halogenated organic compounds has prompted the development of a vast
number of transformations which install the carbon–halogen motif. Traditional routes to …

Conspectus In recent years, carbon–hydrogen bond functionalization has evolved from an
organometallic curiosity to a tool used in mainstream applications in the synthesis of …