Guanyinsheng Qiu and Jie Wu
Org. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 169-178
DOI:
10.1039/C4QO00207E,
Review Article
This review is focused on the recent advances in the transition metal-catalyzed direct remote C–H-functionalization of alkyl groups via C(sp3)–H bond activation. In general, carboxamide/ester-chelated β-functionalization reactions are summarized, which mainly include direct β-arylation, β-alkylation, β-alkynylation, etc. Additionally, some biologically interesting architectures are constructed by using these direct β-functionalization reactions.