The borrowing hydrogen (BH) principle, also called hydrogen auto-transfer, is a powerful
approach which combines transfer hydrogenation (avoiding the direct use of molecular …

The conservation of our element resources is a fundamental challenge of mankind. The
development of alcohol refunctionalization reactions is a possible fossil carbon conservation …

The rise of green chemistry has drawn attention to bond construction strategies that promote
atom economy and avoid mutagenic reagents. 1 For example, both goals are achieved by …

The chemistry of amines, amides, and other nitrogencontaining compounds plays a central
role in the organic synthesis. In fact, the first synthesized organic compound was urea. 1 The …

Alcohols can be temporarily converted into carbonyl compounds by the metal‐catalysed
removal of hydrogen. The carbonyl compounds are reactive in a wider range of …

Transition‐metal‐catalyzed C‐alkylation of ketones and secondary alcohols, with alcohols,
avoids use of organometallic or environmentally unfriendly alkylating agents by means of …

Alcohols are relatively common starting materials for chemical reactions, even though they
are quite unreactive. For example, reactions that would substitute another functional group …

The alkylation of amines by alcohols has been achieved using 0.5 mol%[Ru (p-cymene) Cl2]
2 with the bidentate phosphines dppf or DPEphos as the catalyst. Primary amines have …

The quinoline ring system1-5 is present in a number of natural6 and synthetic products often
endowed with interesting pharmacological or physical properties. 7, 8 Consequently, a …

This paper summarizes recent advances in α-alkylation reactions based on hydrogen
borrowing methodologies using alcohol as an alkylating agent. This review provides a …