ABSTRACT
A variety of transition metals have played a dominant role in catalyzing organic transformations. The recent decades have witnessed breakthrough work in latestage transition metal catalysis, with metals such as palladium,3 platinum,4 ruthenium, rhodium, and others at the forefront of new catalytic technologies. These
6.1 Introduction: C-H Activation beyond Precious Transition Metals ............. 145 6.2 Historic Perspective and Inspiration from Nature ........................................ 146 6.3 Nitrogen-Directed Aryl C-H Activation .................................................... 147 6.4 Iron(II)-Catalyzed Direct Radical C-H Arylation ..................................... 151 6.5 Iron-Catalyzed Chemoselective Oxidative Coupling of Tertiary Amines .......152
