Preparation of Pentafluorinated Phenyl-Monohydro[60]fullerenes

 https://www.thieme-connect.de/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0032-1316578
 Wenli Shang et al
 Pentafluorinated phenyl-monohydro[60]fullerenes [C₆₀(Ar_f)₅H] are synthesized in good yields via reaction of the corresponding fluorinated phenyl copper reagent, itself prepared in situ from the fluorinated phenyl Grignard reagent (Ar_fMgBr) and copper(I) bromide-dimethyl sulfide complex, with [60]fullerene (C₆₀) in 1,2-dichlorobenzene under a nitrogen atmosphere.

NO METAL IN C-H BOND FORMATION

ChemCatChem 2011, 3, No. 05, 827-829

Recently, several research groups have reported that the C-H bond arylation of aromatic compounds with haloarenes can be promoted by potassium or sodium tert-butoxide, without the addition of any exogenous transition metal species. 

These serendipitous discoveries are highlighted and summarized.

Shuichi Yanagisawa, Kenichiro Itami
tert-Butoxide-Mediated C-H Bond Arylation of Aromatic Compounds with Haloarenes

NEW BRONZE AGE, Cu Catalysis

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, No. 28, 6993-6997




The described copper-mediated cross-coupling with double C-H activation can provide a convergent access to indole-containing biheteroaryls that are of high interest in pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry. In this strategy an easily attachable and detachable 2-pyrimidyl directing group is used. Moreover, a variant that is catalytic in copper is achieved by using atmospheric oxygen as an ideal co-oxidant (see scheme).
Mayuko Nishino,et al
Copper-Mediated and Copper-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Indoles and 1,3-Azoles: Double C-H Activation

Direct carbonylation of C-H bonds

Direct carbonylation of C-H bonds

Kaname Shibata, ET AL
Ruthenium-Catalyzed Carbonylation of ortho C-H Bonds in Arylacetamides: C-H Bond Activation Utilizing a Bidentate-Chelation System

ChemCatChem, Aug 28, 2012, DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201200352
DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201200352
Direct carbonylation of C-H bonds in arylacetamides was achieved using a bidentate-chelation system. The use of 2-pyridynylmethyl amino moiety is essential for the reaction to proceed. For achieving an efficient reaction, the presence of both ethylene (for a hydrogen acceptor) and H₂O (probably for an efficient generation of catalytic active species) are required.

SYNTHESIS OF INDOLES

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201203657/abstract

Synthesis of Indoles 

Synthesis of Indoles through Highly Efficient Cascade Reactions of Sulfur Ylides and N-(ortho-Chloromethyl)aryl Amides 

Qing-Qing Yang, ET AL

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201203657

A simple procedure carried out under mild conditions allows the direct and efficient synthesis of structurally diverse indoles. This approach involves a cascade reaction of sulfur ylides and N-(ortho-chloromethyl)aryl amides (see scheme).