Conspectus Catalysis has become an essential tool in science and technology, impacting
the discovery of pharmaceuticals, the manufacture of commodity chemicals and plastics, the …

Aliphatic allylic amines are found in a great variety of complex and biorelevant molecules.
The direct allylic C–H amination of alkenes serves as the most straightforward method …

Transition-metal-catalyzed remote hydrofunctionalization of alkenes remains an efficient but
challenging protocol in chemical synthesis. Herein, we reported a ligand-controlled …

This review outlines the most noteworthy achievements of the last few years in the renascent
field of positional and geometrical isomerization of alkenes using iron catalysis, from a …

A NiH-catalyzed thioether-directed cyclometalation strategy is developed to enable remote
methylene C–H bond amidation of unactivated alkenes. Due to the preference for five …

The isomerization of 1, 1-disubstituted alkenes through 1, 3-hydrogen shift is an atom-
efficient route for synthesizing trisubstituted alkenes, which are important moieties in many …

Transition metal catalyzed alkene double bond transposition usually involves metal hydride
intermediates. Despite significant advances in the design of catalysts that dictate product …

Despite tremendous efforts aimed at devising methods for stereoselective alkene synthesis,
critical challenges are yet to be addressed. Direct access to a diverse range of 1-aryl (boryl) …

The control of linear/branched selectivity is one of the major focuses in transition-metal
catalyzed allyl–allyl cross-coupling reactions, in which bond connection occurs at the …

A novel, multifunctional Nix–Fe/SAPO-11 catalyst was synthesized and characterized, and
its activity was evaluated for the solvent-free hydrodeoxygenation of jatropha oil. The …