Synlett 2013; 24(1): 1-5
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1317684
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Ketone-Based Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Carbon–Carbon and Carbon– Hydrogen Bond Activation: Exploratory Studies

Guangbin Dong*
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA   Fax: +1(512)4710397   Email: gbdong@cm.utexas.edu
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Publication History

Received: 12 September 2012

Accepted after revision: 01 November 2012

Publication Date:
27 November 2012 (online)


Dedicated to Professor Barry M. Trost

Abstract

The importance and ubiquity of ketone functional groups in organic synthesis has always been a driving force for discovering new modes of reactivity. Stimulated by the challenges of fused-ring synthesis and ketone alkylation, we summarize here our exploratory studies on ketone-based transition-metal-catalyzed carbon–carbon and carbon–hydrogen bond activation.