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Fe-Catalyzed Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling Reactions

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Cross-dehydrogenative coupling (CDC), which enables the formation of carbon–carbon (C–C) and C–heteroatom bonds from the direct coupling of two C–H bonds or C–H/X–H bonds, represents a new state of the art in the field of organic chemistry. Iron, a prominent metal, has already shown its versatile application in chemical synthesis. This review attempts to provide a comprehensive understanding of the evolution of cross-dehydrogenative coupling via iron catalysis, as well as its application in synthetic chemistry.

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Financial support was provided by the National Science Foundation of China, State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Research Funds of Renmin University of China, and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences.

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This article is part of the Topical Collection “Ni- and Fe-Based Cross-Coupling Reactions”, edited by Arkaitz Correa.

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Lv, L., Li, Z. Fe-Catalyzed Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling Reactions. Top Curr Chem (Z) 374, 38 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41061-016-0038-y

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