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The synthesis of heterocycles from renewable starting materials is a desirable goal for chemical research, as heterocycles have many applications in pharmaceuticals, material chemistry, and natural products. Recently, there has been a notable focus on utilizing earth-abundant 3d-transition-metal catalysts in contemporary catalysis, serving as a viable alternative to noble metals. This chapter provides an in-depth discussion of the recent advancements in 3d-transition metal-catalyzed acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling (ADC) reactions for the construction of diverse heterocyclic compounds. These reactions offer an efficient and environmentally friendly approach to the synthesis of valuable heterocyclic compounds.
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This work is supported by CSIR (Project No: 01/(3030)/21/EMR-II). EB is a Swarnajayanti Fellow (Award No: SERB/F/5892/20202021) and gratefully acknowledges support from the Alexander-von-Humboldt (AvH) Foundation. G.S. acknowledges IISER-Tirupati and A.K.S. thanks UGC for their fellowships.
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Sivakumar, G., Suresh, A.K., Balaraman, E. (2023). Tandem Multicomponent Reactions for Diverse Heterocycles Synthesis Under 3d-Transition Metal Catalysis. In: Sundararaju, B. (eds) Dehydrogenation Reactions with 3d Metals. Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, vol 73. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/3418_2023_108
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