title: Recent Progress towards Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Synthesis of Fluorenes.
abstract: Fluorenes are a commonly encountered structural motif in materials science, pharmaceutical chemistry, and organic synthesis. Among various strategies towards the synthesis of this unique structure, transition metal-catalyzed functionalization has emerged as one of the most efficient methods. This Minireview presents an overview of the recent advances in this emerging area by highlighting the reactions' specificity and applicability and, where possible, provides a mechanistic rationale.
authors: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, Fujian (P. R. China).
authors: Ai-Hua
authors: AH
authors: Zhou
authors: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, Fujian (P. R. China).
authors: Fei
authors: F
authors: Pan
authors: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013 (P. R. China). zhucycn@gmail.com.
authors: Chunyin
authors: C
authors: Zhu
authors: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, Fujian (P. R. China). longwuye@xmu.edu.cn.|State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032 (P. R. China). longwuye@xmu.edu.cn.
authors: Long-Wu
authors: LW
authors: Ye
keywords: CH activation; fluorenes; homogeneous catalysis; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; transition metals