The CÀC bond formation is pivotal and fundamental to molecular architecture and complexity in organic chemistry; the direct CÀC cross-coupling using alcohols is one of ideal reactions for achieving this goal, since it not only makes new CÀC bonds,[1–6] but also displays atom-economic and environmentally benign chemistry.[7] Some pioneering work on the transition-metal-catalyzed CÀC cross-coupling directly utilizing alcohols has been ...
