Advances in Cross-Coupling Reactions

Dear Colleagues,

Nowadays, metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions are recognized as a fundamental synthetic tool for the preparation of a wide variety of organic compounds, from bioactive molecules to new organic materials. The most significant features of this methodology relay in the versatility to build most of the carbon–carbon type bonds, particularly between unsaturated carbons, and carbon-heteroatom bonds using heteronucleophiles. On the other hand, a variety of organic electrophiles can participate and the reactivity can be tuned by using the adequate catalyst. As a consequence, this methodology has been applied to industrial processes under classical and non-classical reaction conditions. Despite these attractive synthetic properties, continuous advances in order to improve the selectivity, efficiency and sustainability of the coupling reactions are being reported.

This Special Issue is launched with the purpose to highlight the most recent significant advances of cross-coupling reactions. Novel aspects in this issue will cover new leaving groups, nucleophiles, catalysts, and non-classical reaction conditions. We hope that this special issue stimulates authors and readers, so much as the Editors.

Prof. José Pérez Sestelo
Prof. Luis A. Sarandeses
Guest Editors

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