Iron(ii) triflate/N-heterocyclic carbene-catalysed cross-coupling of arylmagnesiums with aryl chlorides and tosylates

Facile Synthesis of Sterically Hindered and Electron-Deficient Secondary Amides from Isocyanates

Chemoselective synthesis of ketones and ketimines by addition of organometallic reagents to secondary amides : Nature Chemistry : Nature Publishing Group

Nature Chemistry 4, 228–234 (2012)

Iron–Copper Cooperative Catalysis in the Reactions of Alkyl Grignard Reagents: Exchange Reaction with Alkenes and Carbometalation of Alkynes

Nickel-catalyzed sp2 C–H bonds arylation of N-aromatic heterocycles with Grignard reagents at room temperature

A novel protocol for nickel-catalyzed direct sp² C–H bond arylation of purines has been developed. This new reaction proceeded efficiently at room temperature using Grignard reagent as the coupling partner within 5 hours in good to high yields. This approach provides a new access to a variety of C8-arylpurines which are potentially of great importance in medicinal chemistry.

Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 11140-11142