Abstract

This short review focuses on the impressive examples of endeavors to make stoichiometric reactions catalytic. The strategies employed encompass the reuse of waste coproducts to achieve the catalytic cycles and to reduce the amounts of reagents of the transformations. Several methodologies for in situ regeneration of active agents are highlighted.

Keywords: oxidation, co-reductants, arene-catalyzed lithiation, nozaki-hiyama-kishi-takai reaction