Yu C-H activation

A variety of position-selective or stereoselective C-H activation reactions have been developed by Yu and co-workers. These transformations are characterized by the use of a Pd catalyst, an oxidant, often with built-in directing groups and/or optimized ligands that enhance selectivity as well as reaction rate. 

Stereoselective reduction of acetylenic alcohols to f-allylic alcohols using sodium bis(2-methoxyethoxy)aluminum hydride (SMEAH, also known as Red-Al) or UA1H4- 

Name Reactions A Collection of Detailed Mechanisms and Synthetic Applications, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-03979-4 55, Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 

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