A Regioselective Metal-Free Construction of 3-Aroyl Coumarins by Csp2-H Functionalization

DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b02051

Metal-Free Tandem Oxidative Coupling of Primary Alcohols with Azoles for the Synthesis of Hemiaminal Ethers

DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b02516

Visible-Light-Induced Direct Thiolation at α-C(sp3)–H of Ethers with Disulfides Using Acridine Red as Photocatalyst

DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b00304

Scope of Successive C–H Functionalizations of the Methyl Group in 3-Picolines: Intramolecular Carbonylation of Arenes to the Metal-Free Synthesis of 4-Azafluorenones

DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b03071

Palladium-Catalyzed Cascade Oxidation/sp2 C–H Acylation of Azoarenes with Aryl Methanes

Metal-Free Synthesis of 3,3-Disubstituted Oxindoles via 1,2-Alkylarylation of Activated Alkenes with Alcohols

Iron-Catalyzed Carbonylation-Arylation of N-Arylacrylamides for Synthesis of Oxindole Derivatives

Iron-catalyzed decarboxylative alkenylation of cycloalkanes with arylvinyl carboxylic acids via a radical process

Iron can do this:

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1718–1723

Palladium-catalyzed ortho-acylation of 2-aryl pyridine derivatives using arylmethyl amines as new acyl sources

Metal-free oxidative tandem coupling of activated alkenes with carbonyl C(sp2)–H bonds and aryl C(sp2)–H bonds using TBHP

nBu4NI-catalyzed unexpected amide bond formation between aldehydes and aromatic tertiary amines