The enantioselective synthesis of heavily decorated spirolactams has been accomplished via an arylative or vinylative allene carbocyclisation cascade. Mediated by silver phosphate, a range of allene-linked pro-nucleophiles and aryl or vinyl iodides were reacted in the presence of catalytic Pd(OAc)2 and chiral bis(oxazoline) ligands to afford the spirolactam products in good yields and high enan...

N-Methyl or methoxy benzamides reacted with benzynes in the presence of Pd(OAc)2, organic acid and K2S2O8 in CH3CN yielding tricyclic phenanthridinone derivatives in good yields.

Upconversion photochemistry occurring between palladium(II) octaethylporphyrin (PdOEP, 1) and 9,10-diphenylanthracene (DPA, 2) in toluene successfully sensitizes nanostructured WO(3) photoanodes (E(g) = 2.7 eV) to sub-bandgap non-coherent green photons at low power density.

A palladium(II)-catalyzed ortho-benzoxylation of 2-arylpyridines with aryl acylperoxides was developed. With pyridyl as directing group, the benzoxylation reaction exhibits remarkable regioselectivity and excellent functional group tolerance, providing the products in up to 87% yield.

This study focusses on a new concept for oligosaccharide synthesis based on 4-(pyridin-2-yl)thiazol-2-yl thioglycosides that can either act as effective glycosyl donors or can be deactivated by stable bidentate complexation with palladium(II) bromide.

A second generation palladium(II)-complexed molecular shuttle, featuring structural changes to the size and shape of the macrocycle, shows significantly increased rates of shuttling and improved co-conformational bias compared to the original system.

A cyclization reaction between enamides and alkynes catalyzed by palladium(II) acetate is described. In this method, the molecular oxygen serves as an efficient oxidant for the Pd(II)/Pd(0) catalytic cycle. The simple reaction conditions permit this methodology to be used as a general tool for the preparation of multi-substituted pyrroles.