Subban Kathiravan, Ian A. Nicholls (Linnaeus University, Uppsala University, Sweden) “ Rhodium Catalyzed Aerobic C(sp2)-C(sp) Dehydrogenative Aminoarylation of Alkynes to Highly Functionalized Indoles From N-Arylurea Under Mild Conditions” Raja K. Rit, M. Ramu Yadav, Akhila K. Sahoo (University of Hyderabad, India) “Sulfoximine Assisted Halogenation of Primary C(sp3)-H Bond » Leticia M. Pardo, Marie-Therese Nolan, Aisling Prendergast, Gerard P. McGlacken (University College Cork, Ireland) “The Direct Arylation of 2-Pyrones, 2-Pyridones, 2-Coumarins and 2-Quinolones” Yongjia Li and Weng Kee Leong (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) “Experimental and computational study of the reductive elimination in Cp*Ir(C≡CR)(R’) complexes” Teo Jing Wei, Weng Kee Leong (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) “N-metallacyles from [Cp*MX2]2 and alkynylpyridines: Synthesis, Reaction Pathway and Aromaticity” Francisco de Azambuja, Da-Gang Yu and Frank Glorius (University of Münster, Germany and State University of Campinas, Brazil) “Redox-Neutral Rh(III)-Catalyzed C-H Activation and Synthesis of Diverse N-Heterocycles: Using α-MsO/TsO/Cl Ketones as Oxidized Alkyne Equivalents” Keishi Yamamoto, Hayato Tsurugi, Kazushi Mashima (Osaka University, Japan) “C-H Bond Activation and Functionalization at the α-Position of the Alkyl Group Bound to Tantallacyclopentadiene” Kaname Shibata, Naoto Chatani (Osaka University, Japan) “Rhodium-Catalyzed Reaction of C-H Bonds in Benzamides with α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds Using a Bidentate-Chelation System” Luis C. Misal Castro, Naoto Chatani (Osaka University, Japan) “Pd(II)-Catalyzed ortho-C-H Arylation/Alkylation of N-Benzoyl α-Amino Ester Derivatives” I Karthikeyan, G. Sekar (Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India) “Iron Catalyzed C-H Bond Functionalization for the Exclusive Synthesis of Pyrido[1,2-a]indoles or Triarylmethanols” Kevin Carr, David L. Davies, Stuart A. Macgregor, Barbara Villa-Marcos (University of Leicester, United Kingdom) “Controlling Selectivity of C(sp2)-H Activation: An experimental and computational study” Bingxian Liu, Tao Zhou, Bin Li, Shansheng Xu, Haibin Song, Baiquan Wang (Nankai University, China) “Rhodium(III)-catalyzed C(sp3)-H activation reactions”

Sangil Han (Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea) “Tandem Rh(III)-catalyzed alkenylation and cyclization of N-benzyltriflamides: Direct access to isoindolines” “Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Acylation of O-Methyl Ketoximes with Benzylic Ethers as Acyl Equivalents” “Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Acylation of 2- Phenoxypyridines with Benzylic and Aliphatic Alcohols via C-H Bond Activation” Jihye Park (Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea) “Pd(II)-Catalyzed Decarboxylative ortho- Acylation of Phenylacetamides with α-Keto Acids via C-H Bond Activation” “Palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative ortho- acylation of O-methyl ketoximes and O-methyl aldoximes with α-keto acids via C-H Bond Activation” “Rh-Catalyzed Oxidative Allylation and Annulation of Indoles with Allylic Acetates via C-H Activation” Charles Ellul, Claire McMullin, Stuart Macgregor, David Davies (University of Leicester, United Kingdom) “Controlling Product Selectivity in Rhodium-Catalysed Oxidative Coupling” Simon A. Girard, Thomas Knauber, Feng Zhou, Marc-Olivier Simon, Chao-Jun Li (Mc Gill University, Quebec) “Catalytic Aerobic Synthesis of Aryl Ethers and Aryl Amines from Non-Aromatic Precursors” Claire L. McMullin, Qudsia Khamker, David L. Davies, Stuart A. Macgregor Davies (University of Leicester, United Kingdom) “DFT Mechanistic Studies on the Reactions of 3- Phenylpyrazole with Alkynes and Alkenes” Robert Pollice, Michael Schnürch, Marko D. Mihovilovic (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) “Mechanistic insight into a Rh(I)-catalyzed C-H alkylation of benzylic amines - A seemingly sp3- sp3 coupling proceeding via an sp2-sp2 mechanism” Sara Ruiz Morte, Pedro R. Villuendas, Manuel A. Ortuño, Agustí Lledós, Esteban P. Urriolabeitia (ISQCH – Univeristy of Ciencias, Spain) “Synthesis of benzoisoquinolines from primary amines: scope of the reaction and elucidation of the mechanism by DFT methods” Christian Matheis, Sukalyan Bhadra, Wojciech I. Dzik, Dmitry Katayev, Lukas J. Gooßen University of Kaiserslautern, Germany) “A Copper/Silver Bimetallic System for C(sp2)–O Bond Forming Reactions” Anna Székely, ÁdámSinai, Edina Tóth, ZoltánNovák (EötvösLoránd University, Hungary) “Application of copper on iron catalyst in meta-selective arylation reaction and in the synthesis of benzoxazines”

Jean-Baptiste Rouchet, Cédric Schneider, Corinne Fruit, Christophe Hoarau (University of Rouen, France) “Pd-catalyzed decarboxylative/dehydrogenative cross-coupling of 2-carboxyazine N-oxides with various (hetero)aryl” Korawan Muakkul, Pataraporn Eutrirak, Warinthorn Chavasiri (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) “Allylic oxidation of alkenes catalyzed by metal stearate complexes” Paweena Pongpipatt, Worawun Thiwunnaruk, Warinthorn Chavasiri (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) “C-H Oxidation of cycloalkanes catalyzed by oxovanadium (IV) Schiff’s base complexes” Dmitry Katayev, Kai F. Pfister, Timo Wendling and Lukas J. Gooßen (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany) “Copper-Mediated ortho-Nitration of (Hetero)- Arenecarboxylates” Bilel Hamzaoui, Mohamad El Eter, Jérémie D. A. Pelletier, Yin Chen, Edy Abouhamad, Lyndon Emsley and Jean-Marie Basset (King Abdullah University Science & Technology, KAUST, Saudi Arabia) “Well-defined single-site monohydride zirconium from hydrogenolysis of silica-supported Azazirconacycloprane” Marie-Laure Louillat, Agostino Biafora, Fabien Legros, Alexander Jones, Frédéric W. Patureau (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany) “Ruthenium-Catalysed Cross-Dehydrogenative ortho N-Carbazolation of Diarylamines: Versatile Acess to Unsymmetrical Diamines” Bilguun Bayarmagnai, Grégory Danoun, Patrizia Mamone, Lukas J. Gooßen (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany) “Direct ortho-Acylation of Aromatic Carboxylic Acids” Toan Dao-Huy, Fabian Glatz, Michael Schnürch, Marko D. Mihovilovic (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) “Direct arylation of benzofuran and other benzo-fused heterocycles” Xueqiang Wang, Joan Gallardo-Donaire, Ruben Martin (Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, Spain) “A Mild C(sp2)– and C(sp3)–H Functionalization/C–O Bond Formation Catalyzed by in-situ Generated Hypervalent Iodine (III) Reagents” Grégory Danoun, David Dailler, Olivier Baudoin (ICBMS UMR 5246 – Lyon University, France) “Application of C(sp3)–H functionnalization to the synthesis of aeruginosins” R. Honeker, S. Vásquez Céspedes, D.-T. D. Tang, K. D. Collins, J. B. Ernst, F. Glorius (University of Münster, Germany)

“Heterogeneous C−H functionalization! Site-selective Pd/C catalyzed C−H arylation of (hetero)arenes” Bin Li, Jianfeng Ma, Weijia Xie, Shansheng Xu, Baiquan Wang (Nankai University, China) “Ru(II) or Rh(III)-Catalyzed Regioselective Oxidative Alkenylation of Indoles and Pyrroles at C2 Position” Haruka Nishiyama, Teruhiko Saito, Hayato Tsurugi, Kazushi Mashima (Osaka University, Japan) “1-Metyl-3,6-bis(trimethylsilyl)-1,4-cyclohexadiene as a Hydrogen Atom Donor for Hydrodehalogenation Catalyzed by Group 5 Metal Complexes with Ene-diamido Ligands” Takeyuki Suzuki, Yuka Ishizaka, Kazem Ghozati, Da-Yang Zhou, Kaori Asano, Hiroaki Sasai (Osaka University, Japan) “Ir Catalyzed Asymmetric Tandem Reaction of meso-Diols and Aldehydes” Farzia Hossain, Marc Stickel, Hermann A. Mayer (University of Tübingen, Germany) “Synthesis of new Pt(II)-complexes by C-H-bond- activation” Junfei Luo, Sara Preciado and Igor Larrosa (Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom) “One-Pot Direct Meta-Arylation of Phenols” Gregory J. P. Perry, Nanna Ahlsten, Xacobe C. Cambeiro and Igor Larrosa (Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom) “Direct C-H Auration of Arenes and Heteroarenes: A Silver-Free Way” Hélène Bonin, Benoit Wahl, André Mortreux, Mathieu Sauthier (UMR8181 – Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille, France) “Palladium-catalyzed domino reactions including a carbonylation step: from methodology development to mechanistic insights” Xianjie Fang, Ralf Jackstell, Matthias Beller (Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse – University of Rostock) “Selective Palladium-catalyzed Hydroformylation of Alkynes: Atom-Efficient Synthesis of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes” Cédric Schneider, Kevin Roussée, Samuel Couve-Bonnaire, Xavier Pannecoucke, Vincent Levacher, Christophe Hoarau (University of Rouen, France) “Pd-Catalyzed Stereo- and Regiocontrolled Direct C-H or Decarboxylative/C-H Fluoroalkenylation of Heteroarenes” M.V. Varaksin, I.A. Utepova,S.V. Mikhaylov, O.N. Chupakhin, V.N. Charushin (Ural Federal University, Russia) “Novel azaaromatic imidazole derivatives via C–H bond activation approach”

M.V. Varaksin, I.A. Utepova, O.N. Chupakhin, E.V. Tretyakov, G.V. Romanenko, A.S. Bogomyakov, V.I. Ovcharenko (Ural Federal University, Russia) “New approach for the synthesis of stable nitroxide radical derivatives” Nassima Riache, Emmanuel Callens, Manoja Samantaray, Jean-Marie Basset (King Abdullah University Science & Technology, KAUST, Saudi Arabia) “Cyclic Alkane Metathesis Catalyzed by Silica Supported Multifunctional Catalyst” Oriol Planas, Christopher J. Whiteoak, Marc Font, Alicia Casitas, Xavi Ribas (University of de Girona, Spain) “Mechanistic Insights in C-H Activation Mediated by First Row Transition Metals” Polina O. Serebrennikova, Irina A. Utepova, Alexandra A. Musikhina, Oleg N. Chupakhin,

Valery N. Charushin (Ural Federal University, Russia) “Synthesis of Enantiomerically Enriched Ferrocenylazines” Maria A. Trestsova, Irina A. Utepova, Andrey A. Rempel (Ural Federal University, Russia) “The C–H/C–H Coupling of Azaaromatics and their Activated Forms with Indoles in the Presence of Nanosized TiO2” Tatiana Besset, Dominique Cahard, Xavier Pannecoucke (INSA – University of Rouen, France) “Direct Introduction of Fluorinated Groups on Alkenes and Alkynes” Irina A. Utepova, Alexandra A. Musikhina (Ural Federal University, Russia) “Direct C-H Functionalization of Azaaromatics as a New Approach to Modify the Structure of Metallocenes” Jérémie Grolleau, Frédéric Gohier, Stéphanie Legoupy, Pierre Frère (UMR CNRS 6200 – University of Angers, France) “Organic Semi-Conductor Materials via Direct Arylation on 3-Alkoxy-4-cyanothiophene” Sarah A. Warren (Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, United Kingdom) “The Challenges Facing C-H Activation in Process Chemistry” Nick Uhlig, Chao-Jun Li (McGill University, Quebec) “Selective Arylation of Aniline Carbamates : a Versatile and Removable New Directing Group for Pd(II)-Catalyzed C-H Activation” Edwin A. Baquero, Francisco J. Gonzalez, Manuel Temprado, Juan Dávalos, Juan C. Flores, Ernesto de Jesús (University of Alcalá, Spain) “On the C(sp3)–H Bond Activation of Sulfonated (NHC)Pt Complexes in Gas–Phase: An Experimental and DFT Study” Dongbing Zhao, Fabian Lied, Frank Glorius (University of Münster, Germany) “Rh(III)-Catalyzed C−H Functionalization/Aromatization Cascade with 1,3-Dienes: A Redox-Neutral and Regioselective Access to Isoquinolines”

Dmitry Katayev, Evgeny Larionov, Masafumi Nakanishi, Peter E. Kündig (University of Geneva, Switzerland) “Asymmetric Synthesis of Indolines via Pd(NHC)- Catalyzed C(sp3)-H/C(Ar) Coupling Reactions” Ádám Sinai, Ádám Mészáros, Dóra Vangel, Zoltán Novák (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungray) “Copper Catalyzed Arylation and Cyclisation of Ethynylamide” Kyohei Ozaki, Katsuaki Kawasumi, Hideto Ito, Kenichiro Itami (Nagoya University, Japan) “Pd-Catalyzed One-shot Aromatic π-Extension of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons” Emilien Demory, Karthik Devaraj, Lukasz T. Pilarski (Uppsala University, Sweden) “Chemoselective oxidative Heck of differentiated diboronates accessed via C-H borylation” Ana Cajaraville, Susana López, Jesús A. Varela, Carlos Saá (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain) “Rh(III)-Catalyzed Tandem C-H Allylation and Oxidative Cyclization of Anilides: A New Entry to Indoles” Balázs L. Tóth, Zsombor Gonda, Gergő Sályi, Timothy J. Peelen, Novák Zoltán (Eötvös University, Hungary) “C-C coupling via palladium mediated visible light photoredox catalysis” Laura Rubio-Pérez, Ramón Azpíroz, Ricardo Castarlenas, Jesús Pérez-Torrente, Luis Oro (University of Zaragoza-CSIC, Spain) “Selective Cross Dimerization of Alkynes with Silylacetylenes Derivatives by a Rhodium N- Heterocyclic Catalyst” Ramón Azpíroz, Laura Rubio-Pérez, Vincenzo Passarelli, Ricardo Castarlenas,* Jesús Pérez-Torrente and Luis Oro (University of Zaragoza-CSIC, Spain) “New Catalytic Routes for the Synthesis of Butadienylpyrazoles Promoted by Rhodium Catalysts Containing N-Carbene Heterocyclic Ligands” Klára Aradi, Zoltán Novák (Eötvös University, Hungary) “An efficient synthesis of iminobenzoxazines via copper- catalyzed oxidative ring closure reaction of o-cyanoanilides” G. M. H. Platt, I. J. S. Fairlamb, and R. N. Perutz (University of York, United Kingdom) “Mechanism of fluoroarene direct arylation reactions” Carina Sollert, Karthik Devaraj, Andreas Orthaber, Paul Gates, Lukasz T. Pilarski (Uppsala University, Swedem) “Ruthenium(II)-catalyzed C2-arylation of indoles and pyrroles with boronic acids” Ekasith Somsook (Mahidol University, Thailand)

“The demetalation of ferrocene boronic acid catalyzed by gold catalysts” David Bézier, M. Brookhart (University of North Carolina, United States) “Synthesis of Supported PC(sp3)P Iridium Complexes and Applications in Transfer Dehydrogenation of Alkanes” Marie-Therese Nolan, Gerard McGlacken (University College Cork, Ireland) “Synthesis of biologically important 2-pyrones, 2-coumarins, 2-pyridinones and 2-quinolones” Bram Verbelen, Noël Boens, Wim Dehaen (KU Leuven, Belgium) “Efficient Synthesis of Red-shifted Brightly Fluorescent BODIPY Dyes via C-H Arylation” Chunxiang Chen, Damien Le Borgne, Daniel Hernandez-Maldonado (CNRS, LCC – University of Toulouse, France) “Organic molecules for photovoltaics: direct heteroalrylation through ligand-less palladium-catalysis” Damien Le Borgne, Chunxiang Chen, Daniel Hernandez-Maldonado (CNRS, LCC – University of Toulouse, France) “Organic molecules for photovoltaics: Palladium catalyzed method for the direct heteroalrylation of benzothidiazole” N. Laidaoui, D. El Abed, H. Doucet (University of Oran, Algeria & University of Rennes, France) “A simple access to a variety of heteroaromatics bearing functional groups such as amides via C-H activation” Rongwei Jin, Charles B. Bheeter, Jitendra K. Bera, Pierre H. Dixneuf, Henri Doucet (UMR6226 University of Rennes 1, France) “Palladium-catalyzed dehydrogenative sp3 C-H bonds functionalisation into alkenes: a direct access to N-alkenyl-benzenesulfonamides” Kedong Yuan, Henri Doucet (UMR6226 University of Rennes 1, France) “Benzenesulfonyl chlorides: new reagents for access to alternative regioisomers in palladium-catalysed direct arylations of thiophenes” T. Yan, L. Zhao, M. He, J.-F. Soulé, C. Bruneau, H. Doucet (UMR6226 University of Rennes 1, France) “Reactivity of 3-substituted fluorobenzenes in palladium- catalysed direct arylations with aryl bromides” L. Zhao, C. Bruneau, H. Doucet (UMR6226 University of Rennes 1, France) “A simple access to guaiazulene derivatives using Pd-catalysed sp2 or sp3 C-H bond functionalisation”

Da-Gang Yu, Francisco de Azambuja, Mamta Suri, Tobias Gensch, Frank Glorius (University of Münster, Germany) “Diversity-Oriented Synthesis of Heterocylces via RhIII-Catalyzed C–H Bond Activation” Elise Salanouve, Sébastien Blanchard, Etienne Derat, Marine Desage-El-Murr, Louis Fensterbank (Pierre et Marie Curie University, France) “Iron Complexes Bearing Redox Non-Innocent Ligands: Application To C–H Activation” Mickael Henrion, Vincent Ritleng and Michael J. Chetcuti (Strasbourg University, France) “α-Arylation of acyclic ketones catalyzed by air- stable NHC–nickel(II) complexes” Violetta Patroniak, Ariel Adamski, Marta A. Fik, Adam Gorczyn ski, Damian Marcinkowski (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland) “Novel metallo-supramolecular frameworks as catalysts and cytostatic agents” Sumrit Wacharasindhu, Nopparat Thavornsin, Padon Chuentragool, Mongkol Sukwattanasinitt (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) “Calcium carbide as a cost-effective starting material for diarylethynes and poly(p- phenyleneethynylene)s via Pd-catalyzed coupling reaction” Christopher J. Whiteoak, Oriol Planas, Marc Font, Alicia Casitas, Xavi Ribas (University of Girona, Spain) “Identification of Catalytic Intermediates During C-H Activation Using Model Macrocycles” Anita Abedi, Nasser Safari, Vahid Amani (Islamic Azad University, Iran) “C–H activation of 2,2'-dimethyl-4,4'-bithiazole ligand with thallium(III) ion” Gayatri Panchbhai, Anders Thapper (Uppsala University, Sweden) “Mononuclear iron polypyridyl complexes as water oxidation catalysts” Lei Yang, Yingwei Zhao, Hanmin Huang (Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, P.R. China) “Transition-metal-catalyzed C–H Functionalization of Aryl Thiocarbamates” Jayanta Kumar Ray (Indian Institute of Technology, India) “Nano Palladium Catalyzed Intramolecular Cyclization and C-H Activation Reaction Interesting Tool for the Synthesis of Pentalongin – antibiotics” Lin Wang, Hongjian Sun and Xiaoyan Li (Shandong University, P.R. China) “Selective Activation of C-H/C-F Bond in Fluoroaryl-imine by Iron(0) Complex of Trimethylphosphines” Satyasheel Sharma, In Su Kim (Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea) “Synthesis and functionalization of heterocyclic compounds via Rh-catalyzed C–H bond activation” Eduardo Laga, Alfonso García-Rubia, Ramón Gómez-Arrayás, Carlos Cativiela, Juan Carlos Carretero, Esteban P. Urriolabeitia (ISQCH, CSIC-Univ. Zaragoza, Spain)

“Substituted tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylic acids (TICs): a new approach through Pd-catalyzed CH bond activation” Nada Marquise, Floris Chevallier, Florence Mongin (CNRS-University of Rennes 1, France) “Synthesis of analogues of fluorenones and related compounds by Pd-catalyzed” Pedro R. Villuendas, Sara Ruiz Morte, Esteban P. Urriolabeitia (ISQCH, CSIC-Univ. Zaragoza, Spain) “Ru-Catalyzed Synthesis of N- and S- Containing Heterocycles by Insertion of Internal Alkynes in Primary Amines and Thiols” Elise Salanouve, Sandrine Guillou, Yves Janin (UMR3523, Institut Pasteur CNRS, France) “Original approaches to 3-alkoxypyrazoles” Haruki Nagae, Hayato Tsurugi, Kazushi Mashima (Osaka University, Japan) “Aminoalkylation of an ortho-C-H Bond of Pyridine Derivatives Mediated by Group 3 Metal Complexes” Julien Roger, Christelle Testa, Stephanie Schieb, Paul Fleurat-Lessard, Jean-Cyrille Hierso (CNRS-University of Bourgogne, France) “Palladium-catalyzed C-H fluorination of pyrazole derivatives with electrophilic fluoride” M. Rzonsowska, B. Dudziec, I. Kownacki and B. Marciniec (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland) “A new route to alkynylgermanium and alkynylgermasilicon compounds” Natalie Nella, Evelyne Parker, Julien Hitce, Paolo Larini, Rodolphe Jazzara and Olivier Baudoin (ICBMS UMR 5246 – Lyon University, France) “Efficient Pd-Catalysed Allene Synthesis from Alkynes and Aryl Bromides via an intramolecular Base Assisted Deprotonation (iBAD) Mechanism” Beata Dudziec, Monika Rzonsowska, Dariusz Brzakalski, Bartosz Woz niak, Bogdan Marciniec (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland) “Alkynyl Functionalized Silsesqiuoxanes” Anthony Millet, David Dailler, Paolo Larini and Olivier Baudoin (ICBMS UMR 5246 – Lyon University, France) “Ligand-controlled α and β selective C(sp3)-H arylation of N-boc amines” Karthik Devaraj, Carina Sollert, Paul Gates, Dr. Lukasz T.Pilarski (University of Uppsala, Sweden) “Synthesis of Aryne Precursors via Transition Metal-Catalyzed C-H Silylation” Chiara Dinoi, Pascal Oulié, Chen Li, Michel Etienne (CNRS LCC – University of Toulouse, France) “CH bond activation of methane by a transient η2-cyclopropene niobium complex”

Mariusz Majchrzak, Bogdan Marciniec (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland) “A highly selective synthesis of new organic and organosilicon styryl-conjugated compounds via catalytic transformations” Jędrzej Walkowiak, Jadwiga Pyziak, Jakub Szyling, Katarzyn Mielcarek, Bogdan Marciniec (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland) “Ru-H catalyzed synthesis of borylsubstitued ethenes and buta-1,3-dienes and their application in demetalative protocols” Chao Feng, Daming Feng, Teck-Peng Loh (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) “Oxidant Free Rh(III)-Catalyzed Direct C-H Olefination of Arenes with Allyl Acetates” Bhisma K. Patel (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India) “Coupling Reactions Beyond Retrosynthetic Analysis” Shao-Jie Lou, Dan-Qian Xu, Xiao-Hua Du, Yi-Feng Wang, Zhen-Yuan Xu (Zhejiang University of Technology, China) “Palladium-catalyzed C-H Bond Fluorination of Phenols With Removable Directing Group” Shao-Jie Lou, Dan-Qian Xu, Zhen-Yuan Xua (Zhejiang University of Technology, China) “Nitrate-promoted Mild Aromatic C-H Bond Fluorination” Shao-Jie Lou, Yi-Feng Wang, Xiao-Hua Du, Dan-Qian Xu, Zhen-Yuan Xu (Zhejiang University of Technology, China) “Nitrate-promoted Aromatic C-H Bond Fluorination With Chelation-Assistant of Diverse Aryl-N-Heterocycles” Shao-Jie Lou, Dan-Qian Xu, Zhen-Yuan Xu (Zhejiang University of Technology, China) “Nitrate-promoted Site-selective Olefinic C-H Bond Fluorination at Room Temperature” Kedong Yuan, Julien Boixel, Denis Jacquemin, Véronique Guerchais, Henri Doucet (UMR6226 University of Rennes 1, France) “Palladium-catalyzed C-H activation: A powerful methodology for access to molecules with useful optical properties” Bogdan Štefane, Franc Požgan (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) “Transition-metal-catalyzed direct arylation of quinazolines” Ananya Srivastava, Nidhi Jain (Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, India) “A novel ethylacetoacetate tagged basic imidazolium ionic liquid for CuI nanoparticle catalysed amination reaction” Chanchal Premi, Nidhi Jain (Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, India) “Phosphane-Free Hiyama Cross-Coupling of Aryl and Heteroaryl Halides catalyzed by Palladium Nanoparticles in Ionic Liquids”

Vaibhav P. Mehta, Jose-Antonio Garcia-Lopez and Michael F. Greaney (University of Manchester, UK) “Ruthenium-Catalyzed Cascade C-H Functionalization of Phenylacetophenones” Chris Mulligan, Mimi Hii Jeremy Parker(Imperial College, AstraZeneca, UK) “Investigating Oxidant Effects in Fujiwara- Moritani Reactions” Margot N. Wenzel, Philippa K. Owens, Jason M. Lynam, Adrian C. Whitwood, Ian J. S. Fairlamb (University of York, UK) “Pd-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of unactivated C(sp3)-H bonds involving the redox chemistry of nitrite species” Muhammad Sharif, Jin-Long Gong, Peter LangerMatthias Beller, Xiao- Feng Wu (Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse an der Universität Rostock, Germany) “A Novel Oxidative Procedure for the Synthesis of Benzamides from Styrenes and Amines under Metal-free Conditions” Murat Kaloğlu, İsmail Özdemir, Nevin Gürbüz, Henri Doucet, Christian Bruneau, Pierre H. Dixneuf (İnönü University, Turkey) “N-Heterocyclic carbene-palladium Catalyzed Biaryl Coupling by Direct C-H Activation” Zeyneb Sahli, Basker Sundararaju, Mathieu Achard and Christian Bruneau (UMR6226 University of Rennes 1, France) “Terpenylations of amines involving C-H activation” Ian J. S. Fairlamb (University of York, UK) “Formation and propagation of well-defined Pd nanoparticles during C-H bond functionalization of heteroarenes: are nanoparticles a moribund form of Pd or catalytically active? ” Sedat Yasar, İsmail Özdemir, Christian Bruneau, Pierre Dixneuf, Henry Doucet (İnönü University, Turkey) “C-H activation reactions catalyzed by ring-expanded NHC- Pd(II)-ionic complexes” Murat Arslan, Sedat Yasar, İsmail Özdemir, Christian Bruneau, Pierre Dixneuf, Henry Doucet (Gaziosmanpaşa University, Turkey) “C-H activation reactions catalyzed by NHC-Pd(II)-pyridine (PEPPSI) complexes” Nevin Gürbüz, Emine Özge Karaca, İsmail Özdemir, Christian Bruneau, Pierre H. Dixneuf (İnönü University, Turkey) “Ruthenium Catalyzed Arylation of 2-Phenylpyridine” Mitat Akkoç, Nevin Gürbüz, İsmail Özdemir, Mathieu Achard, Christian Bruneau (İnönü University, Turkey) “N and C-Aklylation of Pyrrolidine with Benzyl Alcohol by Ruthenium Carbene Complexes”

Emine Özge Karaca, Nevin Gürbüz, İsmail Özdemir, Henri Doucet, Christian Bruneau,bPierre H. Dixneuf (İnönü University, Turkey) “Pd-Catalyzed C–H Arylation of Aromatic Compounds” Sarah Ashwood, Christopher D. Smith and Michael F. Greaney (University of Manchester, UK) “A Mild Zinc-Mediated Synthesis of 1,5- and 1,4,5-Substituted 1,2,3-Triazoles” Tharwat Mohy El Dine, Jérôme Blanchet, Jacques Rouden (ensicaen, France) “NEW ARYLATED SULFONIC ACIDS VIA SULFONIC ACID GROUP-DIRECTED C-H ACTIVATION” Nicola L. Bell, Polly L. Arnold (The University of Edinburgh, UK) “C-H activation by rare-earth metal complexes of alkoxy tethered N-heterocyclic carbenes” Bin Li, Christophe Darcel, Pierre H. Dixneuf (UMR6226 University of Rennes 1, France) “Ruthenium(II)-catalysed functionalization of C-H bonds via six-membered cyclometallate: selective monoarylation of aryl 2-pyridylketones” “sp3C-H bond alkylation of ketones with alkenes via ruthenium(II) catalysed dehydrogenation of alcohols” Percia Arockiam, Cédric Fischmeister, Christian Bruneau, Pierre H. Dixneuf, A. Jutand (UMR6226 University of Rennes 1, France) “Ruthenium-catalyzed sp2C-H bond functionalization in water” Mathieu Achard, Fan Jiang, Zeyneb Sahli, Kedong Yuan, Christian Bruneau (UMR6226 University of Rennes 1, France) “sp3C-H functionalization of amines via hydrogen autotransfer processes” Svenja Warratz, Christoph Kornhaaß, Ana Cajaraville Leiro, and Lutz Ackermann (Georg-August-Universität, Germany) “Ruthenium-Catalyzed Oxidative Alkyne Annulations”

Daniel Zell, Nora Hofmann and Lutz Ackermann (Georg-August-Universität, Germany) “meta-Selective C−H Bond Alkylation by Ruthenium Catalysis”