Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Catalysis In C-Cl Activation -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Reductive Dechlorination -- 1.3 Formation of C-C Bonds -- 1.4 Formation of C-N Bonds -- 1.5 Formation of C-O Bonds -- 1.6 Formation of C-S Bonds -- 1.7 Formation of C-B Bonds -- 1.8 Conclusion and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 2: Homogeneous Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C-F Activation -- 2.1 Background -- 2.2 Transition-Metal-Mediated Cross-Coupling Reactions byC-F Bond Activation -- 2.4 Transition-Metal-Promoted Dehydrofluorination by C-F Bond Activation -- 2.5 The Applications of C-F Activation in Organic Synthesis -- 2.6 Summary and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 3: Homogeneous Transition-Metal Catalyzed C-N Activation -- 3.1 Background -- 3.2 Palladium-Catalyzed C-N Activation -- 3.3 Ruthenium-Catalyzed C-N Activation -- 3.4 Nickel-Catalyzed C-N Activation -- 3.5 Copper-Catalyzed C-N Activation -- 3.6 Iron-Catalyzed C-N Activation -- 3.7 Other-Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C-N Activation -- 3.8 Computationally and Experimentally Mechanistic Studies -- 3.9 Summary and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 4: Catalytic Carbon-Sulfur Bond Activation and Transformations -- 4.1 Background -- 4.2 C-S Bond Activation by Transition Metal Compounds -- 4.3 Catalytic C-S Cleavage in Thioesters -- 4.4 Catalytic C-S Cleavage in Dithioacetals -- 4.5 Diverse Catalytic C-S Cleavage -- 4.6 Summary and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 5: Homogeneous Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C-O Bond Activation -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Palladium-Catalyzed C-O Bond Activation -- 5.3 Nickel-Catalyzed C-O Bond Activation -- 5.4 Other-Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C-O Bond Activation -- 5.5 Summary and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 6: Homogeneous Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C-H Bond Functionalization -- 6.1 Overview -- 6.2 Mechanism of C-H Cleavage.

6.3 Directed C-H Oxidation -- 6.4 Hydroarylation -- 6.5 Direct Arylation -- 6.6 Carbonylation -- 6.7 Hydroacylation -- 6.8 Alkane Dehydrogenation -- 6.9 Borylation and Silylation -- 6.10 Summary and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 7: Catalysis in C-C Activation -- 7.1 Introduction: Importance and Challenges in C-C Activation -- 7.2 C-C Activation of Strained Molecules -- 7.3 C-C Activation of Unstrained Molecules -- 7.4 Summary and Perspective -- References -- Index -- End User License Agreement.