17 C—O Bond Formation through Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling

Abstract Dehydrogenative C—H/O—H coupling has emerged as an atom-economical strategy. This review highlights representative reactions and selected recent examples of dehydrogenative C—O bond formation. Dehydrogenative oxygenations of C(sp3)—H bonds of alkanes and C(sp2)—H bonds of arenes, alkenes, aldehydes, or imines are summarized.