Recent advances in transition metal catalyzed oxidation of organic substrates with molecular oxygen.

Large-scale applications of transition metal-catalyzed couplings for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals.

C-C, C-O, C-N bond formation on sp2 carbon by Pd(II)-catalyzed reactions involving oxidant agents.

Monofluorination of Organic Compounds: 10 Years of Innovation.

Monofluoroalkenes are an important fluorinated class of compounds with applications in medicinal chemistry, material sciences and organic chemistry. An overview of methods allowing synthetic access to these fluorinated building blocks is provided. In particular, this critical review, which covers publications up to October 2010, will be divided according to the substitution pattern of the monofluoroalkenes, i.e. di-, tri- or tetra-substituted. Within each group, the various synthetic approaches will be divided according to the reaction type (282 references).

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Papers

Oxidative cyclization of beta-hydroxyenones with palladium(II): a novel entry to 2,3-dihydro-4H-pyran-4-ones.

Electrophilic Fluorodesilylation of Allenylmethylsilanes: A Novel Entry to 2-Fluoro-1,3-dienes