CHAPTER 2: Dehydrogenative Heck-type Reactions: The Fujiwara–Moritani Reaction

This chapter demonstrates dehydrogenative Heck-type reactions, that is, Fujiwara–Moritani reactions. This reaction involves a direct coupling between aromatic C–H bonds and vinylic C–H bonds with the aid of a Pd catalyst. The Fujiwara–Moritani reaction is an environmentally benign, promising reaction for the future because it does not need pre-functionalization of C–H binding, but carries out coupling of C–H bonds directly. This chapter consists of an introduction followed by sections on stoichiometric CDC reactions, catalytic CDC reactions and ligand-directing CDC reactions. Typical and important examples ranging from the discovery of this reaction in 1967, to the latest research are covered in this chapter.