“On Water”, Phosphine-Free Palladium-Catalyzed Room Temperature C[BOND]H Arylation of Indoles

Islam, S. and Larrosa, I.

Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 15093–15096. 

doi: 10.1002/chem.201302838

First Tandem Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Alkenyl Nucleophiles and Silyl Trapping of the Intermediate Enolates

Johannes Westmeier, Christopher Pfaff, Jürgen Siewert and Paultheo von Zezschwitz

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 2651 – 2658

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201300524

Platinum-Catalyzed C–H Arylation of Simple Arenes

Anna M. Wagner , Amanda J. Hickman , and Melanie S. Sanford *

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (42), pp 15710–15713

DOI: 10.1021/ja408112j

Electrophilic Addition of Allylic Carbocations to 2-Cyclopropylidene-2-arylethanols: A Strategy to 3-Oxabicyclo[3.2.0]heptanes

Bo Meng, Xian Huang and Luling Wu

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 2637 – 2650

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201201073

Selective Catalytic Oxidation of Alcohols, Aldehydes, Alkanes and Alkenes Employing Manganese Catalysts and Hydrogen Peroxide

Pattama Saisaha, Lea Buettner, Margarethe van der Meer, Ronald Hage, Ben L. Feringa, Wesley R. Browne and Johannes W. de Boer

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 2591 – 2603

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201300275

Hydrido-Cobalt Catalyst as a Selective Tool for the Dimerisation of Arylacetylenes: Scope and Theoretical Studies

Sandrine Ventre, Etienne Derat, Muriel Amatore, Corinne Aubert and Marc Petit

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 2584 – 2590

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201300486

Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Annulation via C-H/N-H Functionalization: Access to Substituted Pyrroles

Shiyong Peng, Lei Wang, Jiayao Huang, Shaofa Sun, Haibing Guo and Jian Wang

 Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 2550 – 2557

 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201300512

Highly sterically hindered binaphthalene-based monophosphane ligands: synthesis and application in stereoselective Suzuki–Miyaura reactions

Michaela Mešková, Martin Putala

Tetrahedron: Asymmetry

Volume 24, Issues 15–16, 31 August 2013, Pages 894–902

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetasy.2013.06.007

Copper-Mediated Deoxygenative Trifluoromethylation of Benzylic Xanthates: Generation of a C- CF3 Bond from an O-Based Electrophile

Dr. Lingui Zhu, Dr. Shasha Liu, Dr. Justin T. Douglas and Prof. Dr. Ryan A. Altman

 Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 12800 – 12805

 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201302328

Copper-Catalyzed Oxidative Amination and Allylic Amination of Alkenes

Timothy W. Liwosz and Prof. Sherry R. Chemler

 Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 12771 – 12777

 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201301800

Copper-Catalyzed Carboarylation of Alkynes via Vinyl Cations

Andrew J. Walkinshaw, Wenshu Xu, Marcos G. Suero, and Matthew J. Gaunt 

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (34), pp 12532–12535

DOI: 10.1021/ja405972h

A Highly Efficient Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative ortho-Acylation of Azobenzenes with α-Oxocarboxylic Acids: Direct Access to Acylated Azo Compounds

Li, H., Li, P., Tan, H. and Wang, L. 

Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 14432–14436. 

doi: 10.1002/chem.201301818

Efficient Synthesis of Hydroxyl Isoindolones by a Pd-Mediated C-H Activation/Annulation Reaction

Yu, Q., Zhang, N., Huang, J., Lu, S., Zhu, Y., Yu, X. and Zhao, K. 

Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 11184–11188. 

doi: 10.1002/chem.201302031

Gold(I)-Catalyzed Protodecarboxylation of (Hetero)Aromatic Carboxylic Acids

Dupuy, S. and Nolan, S. P. 

Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 14034–14038. 

doi: 10.1002/chem.201303200