Pincer ligands continue to generate interest owing to the unusual properties they impart on
metal centers and consequently on the complexes they are involved in. These ligands and …

1.1. General Considerations Palladium catalysis is one of the most important synthetic tools
in modern organic synthesis. A particularly attractive synthetic feature of palladium catalysis …

Pincer complexes are useful tools for organic synthesis. Their high stability and easy
functionalization have allowed the development of novel catalytic systems that have had a …

This paper provides a general overview of palladium pincer complexes, their structural
diversity and synthetic protocols to further review the state of the art and recent advances on …

Oxygen‐containing heterocycles are an important class of compounds with diverse
biological activities. In recent years, direct α‐C–H functionalization of inexpensive and …

A novel protocol for the direct carbon dioxide insertion (CO2) into aryl halides in a catalytic
manner is presented herein. Unlike other carboxylation methods using CO2, there is no …

Organoselenium ligands are building blocks of several transition metal complexes which
catalyze various organic reactions efficiently in solution. In this review the survey of …

A visible-light-induced, transition-metal and photosensitizer-free cross-coupling of aryl
iodides with hydrazones was developed. In this strategy, hydrazones were used as …

Palladium (II) complexes of organochalcogen ligands have emerged as viable alternatives
to complexes of phosphine/carbene ligands for Suzuki–Miyaura and Heck C–C cross …

Suzuki–Miyaura C–C cross coupling (SMC), an important synthetic strategy for many
organic molecules, has several advantages such as mild reaction conditions, high tolerance …