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Structurally Modified Norbornenes: A Key Factor to Modulate Reaction Selectivity in the Palladium/Norbornene Cooperative Catalysis

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Iodine-Catalyzed Simple and Efficient Synthesis of 1,3,5-Triarylbenzenes and 2,3-Dihydrobenzofuran Derivatives under Mild Reaction Conditions

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A Facile Construction of Bisheterocyclic Methane Scaffolds through Palladium‐Catalyzed Domino Cyclization

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5-Norbornene-2-carboxylic acid: Another catalytic mediator for Catellani-type reactions

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Eight-Step Asymmetric Synthesis of (–)-Berkelic Acid

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Synthesis of Benzofused Dioxabicycle Scaffolds via a Catellani Strategy

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Benzo-Fused-Ring Toolbox Based on Palladium/Norbornene Cooperative Catalysis: Methodology Development and Applications in Natural Product Synthesis

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ortho‐Acylation of Aryl Iodides Enabled with Imides via Palladium/Norbornene/CuI Catalysis

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Synthesis of Chiral-Substituted 2-Aryl-ferrocenes by the Catellani Reaction

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Expeditious Synthesis of 6-Fluoroalkyl-Phenanthridines via Palladium-Catalyzed Norbornene-Mediated Dehydrogenative Annulation

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Pd(II)-Catalyzed Annulation Reactions of Epoxides with Benzamides to Synthesize Isoquinolones

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Reductive Coupling of Aryl Halides via C—H Activation of Indene

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Palladium/Norbornene Cocatalyzed Catellani‐Type Domino Reaction with Aryl Diazonium Salts

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Ortho‐C−H Methylation and Ipso‐C−O Alkenylation of Aryl Triflates via Catellani Strategy

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Transition‐Metal Catalyzed C−H Alkylation Using Epoxides as Alkylating Reagents

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Selective Ortho Thiolation Enabled by Tuning the Ancillary Ligand in Palladium/Norbornene Catalysis

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