During the past decades, synthetic organic chemistry discovered that directing group
assisted C–H activation is a key tool for the expedient and siteselective construction of C–C …

C–H activation has surfaced as an increasingly powerful tool for molecular sciences, with
notable applications to material sciences, crop protection, drug discovery, and …

Heterocyclic compounds are the fundamental structural motifs distributed in natural
products, pharmaceuticals and biologically active compounds. Thus, there is increasing …

Over the last decade, high-valent cobalt catalysis has earned a place in the spotlight as a
valuable tool for C–H activation and functionalization. Since the discovery of its unique …

Inexpensive cobalt‐catalyzed oxidative C− H functionalization has emerged as a powerful
tool for the construction of C− C and C− Het bonds, which offers unique potential for …

Heterocyclic alkenes represent an important class of reactive feedstock and valuable
synthons for the synthesis of biologically important heterocyclic scaffolds. Although …

Cobalt-catalyzed C–H activation has gone through some major advancements in the past
couple of decades. These reactions have proven to be highly efficient, selective, and atom …

Heterocyclic compounds are widely present in the core structures of several natural
products, pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, and thus great efforts have been devoted to …

Chiral rhodium (III) cyclopentadienyl catalysts (CpXRhIII) play significant roles in asymmetric
arene C− H activation. Rh/Ir‐catalyzed couplings of arenes and strained rings have been …

A bidentate chelation-assisted cobalt-catalyzed C (sp2)–H activation and annulation of
benzamides and alkylidenecyclopropanes (ACPs) has been realized. The unique reactivity …