RT info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis T1 Understanding Palladium-Mediated Transformations: Aerobic C-H Alkenylation of Arenes via Metal-Ligand Cooperation and Reactions with Carbene Precursors A1 Villalba de Pando, Francisco A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Escuela de Doctorado K1 Química inorgánica K1 C-H activation K1 Activación C-H K1 Heck-reaction K1 Reacción-Heck K1 Carbenes K1 Carbenos K1 2303 Química Inorgánica AB One of the main goals of research in Chemistry nowadays is to achieve more efficient chemical syntheses. The work in this thesis is intended to contribute to this goal by improving the efficiency of palladium catalyzed processes. With this aim, the research is focused on the use of novel catalysts in combination with mechanistic studies of the steps that constitute the catalytic cycles. Two different types of catalytic processes were chosen: cross-coupling reactions of arenes that involve C-H activation, and cross-coupling processes that use carbene precursors. Both are attractive reactions to achieve molecular complexity in a reduced number of synthetic steps: The first one because no prefunctionalization of the arenes, the available raw materials, is needed; the second one because the formation of more than one C-C or C-X bonds occurs in just one synthetic step. The analysis of catalytic and stoichiometric reactions YR 2022 FD 2022 LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/61074 UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/61074 LA eng NO Escuela de Doctorado DS UVaDOC RD 12-sep-2024