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Defunctionalization of sp3 C-heteroatom & sp3 C-C Bonds Promoted by Photoexcited Triplet Ketone Catalysts
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Highly Selective Hydrogenation of C=C Bonds Catalyzed by a Rhodium Hydride
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Nickel-Catalyzed Photodehalogenation of Aryl Bromides
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Iron‐Catalyzed Reactions of 2‐Pyridone Derivatives: 1,6‐Addition and Formal Ring Opening/Cross Coupling
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sp3 C–H Arylation and Alkylation Enabled by the Synergy of Triplet Excited Ketones and Nickel Catalysts
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A Mild and Direct Site-Selective sp2 C-H Silylation of (Poly)Azines
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Ni catalyzed stannylation of aryl ester via C-O cleavage
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Palladium(0)-catalyzed Intermolecular Allyic Deaomatization if Indoles by a Formal [4+2] Cycloaddition Reaction
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Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Asymmetric C−H Alkenylation for Efficient Synthesis of Planar Chiral Ferrocenes
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Phosphine-Catalyzed Addition/Cycloaddtion Domino Reaction of b′-Acetoxy Allenoate: Highly Stereoselective Access to 2-Oxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane and Cyclopenta[a]pyrrolizine
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Tertiary Amine-Catalyzed (4+2) Annulation of δ-Acetoxy Allenolates: Synthesis of Multisubstituted 4H-pyran and 4H-Chromene
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