Acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling reactions (ADC) and hydrogen transfer strategies
(HT) provide a powerful tool in the multicomponent formation of N‐heterocycles. A broad …

The alkylation of ketones or secondary alcohols using alcohols as alkylating agents via
hydrogen borrowing strategy presents a powerful method for the synthesis of ɑ‐alkylated …

Herein we report the manganese-catalyzed C–C bond-forming reactions via α-alkylation of
ketones, amides, and esters, using primary alcohols. β-Alkylation of secondary alcohols by …

Direct production of heterocyclic aromatic compounds from lignin β‐O‐4 models remains a
huge challenge due to the incompatible catalysis for aryl ether bonds cleavage and …

Manganese (I) complexes bearing a pyridyl-supported pyrazolyl-imidazolyl ligand efficiently
catalyzed the direct β-alkylation of secondary alcohols with primary alcohols under …

A homogeneous manganese‐catalyzed cross‐coupling of two secondary alcohols for the
divergent synthesis of γ‐disubstituted alcohols and β‐disubstituted ketones is reported …

Herein, we report a very simple and inexpensive catalytic system based on Earth's abundant
transition metal manganese and on a bench‐stable phosphine‐free NNN‐pincer ligand for …

Herein, we report a manganese‐catalyzed three‐component coupling of secondary
alcohols, primary alcohols and methanol for the synthesis of β, β‐methylated/alkylated …

The unusual nonbifunctional outer-sphere strategy was successfully utilized in develo**
an easily accessible N-heterocyclic carbene manganese (NHC-Mn) system for highly active …

Herein, a phosphine-free pincer ruthenium (III) catalyzed β-alkylation of secondary alcohols
with primary alcohols to α-alkylated ketones and two different secondary alcohols to β …