Transition-metal-catalyzed reductive coupling of electrophiles has emerged as a powerful tool for the construction of molecules. While major achievements have been made in the field of cross-couplings between organic halides and pseudohalides, an increasing number of reports demonstrates reactions involving more readily available, low-cost, and stable, but unreactive electrophiles. This account summarizes the recent results in our laboratory focusing on this topic. These findings typically include deoxygenative C–C coupling of alcohols, reductive alkylation of alkenyl acetates, reductive C–Si coupling of chlorosilanes, and reductive C–Ge coupling of chlorogermanes.

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非反应性亲电试剂的还原交叉偶联

过渡金属催化的亲电试剂还原偶联已成为构建分子的有力工具。虽然在有机卤化物和假卤化物之间的交叉偶联领域取得了重大成就，但越来越多的报告表明反应涉及更容易获得、低成本、稳定但不反应的亲电子试剂。该帐户总结了我们实验室中针对该主题的最新结果。这些发现通常包括醇的脱氧 C-C 偶联、乙酸烯基酯的还原烷基化、氯硅烷的还原 C-Si 偶联和氯锗的还原 C-Ge 偶联。