Polymer semiconductors composed of a carbon-based π conjugated backbone have been
studied for several decades as active layers of multifarious organic electronic devices. They …

Cross-electrophile coupling (XEC), defined by us as the cross-coupling of two different σ-
electrophiles that is driven by catalyst reduction, has seen rapid progression in recent years …

Halogen bonding has been known in material science for decades, but until recently,
halogen bonds in protein–ligand interactions were largely the result of serendipitous …

The formation of highly enantioenriched boronic esters through both stoichiometric and
catalytic methods has received much attention over the past decade. Accordingly, the …

Direct (hetero) arylation polymerization (DHAP) has recently been established as an
environmentally benign method for the preparation of conjugated polymers. This synthetic …

Nature has evolved halogenase enzymes to regioselectively halogenate a diverse range of
biosynthetic precursors, with the halogens introduced often having a profound effect on the …

Deactivation leads to loss of catalyst activity or selectivity with increasing reaction time, but
has attracted less academic attention in homogeneous catalysis than is justified by its …

This Minireview highlights advances in the Suzuki–Miyaura cross‐coupling of secondary
boron reagents for the creation of C C bonds with control of stereochemistry. It also …

Ruthenium (II) complexes have emerged as effective catalysts for C–H arylations of
tetrazolyl-substituted arenes by chelation assistance. Particularly, bifunctional additives …

Saturated N-heterocycles are prevalent in biologically active molecules and are increasingly
attractive scaffolds in the development of new pharmaceuticals. Unlike their aromatic …