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Stereo- and Enantioselective Benzylic C–H Alkenylation via Photoredox/Nickel Dual Catalysis

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When the Study of the Post‐Synthetic Modification Method on a 1D Spin Crossover Coordination Polymer Highlights its Catalytic Activity

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Hydroxyl-Assisted and Co(III)-Catalyzed Redox-Neutral C–H Activation/Directing Group Migration of 2-Pyridones with Propargyl Alcohols: Synthesis of Tetrasubstituted Alkenes

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Fe‐Catalysed Coupling Reactions Between Alkynes and Alcohols

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Cross-Coupling of Ketone Enolates with Grignard and Zinc Reagents with First-Row Transition Metal Catalysts

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Stereoselective Semi‐Hydrogenations of Alkynes by First‐Row (3d) Transition Metal Catalysts

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Z∶E Selective Preparation of Disubstituted Internal Alkenes and Trisubstituted Alkenes

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Spin State‐Driven Modulation of Catalytic Activity of an Iron Spin‐Crossover Complex: Toward Switchable Catalysis

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Bifunctional two-carbon reagent made from acetylene via 1,2-difunctionalization and its applications

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