Preface
1. History of Directed C-H Bond Activation and its Discovery
2. Pd-Catalyzed In-Built Functional Group-Directed C-H Functionalization
3. Traceless Directing Group in C-H Bond Functionalization
4. Removable Directing Group in Proximal C-H Functionalization
5. Removable Template-assisted Transition Metal-catalyzed Distal C-H Functionalization
6. Non-covalent Template-assisted C-H Bond Functionalization
7. Pd/norbornene (NBE) Cooperative Catalysis in C-H Bond Activation
8. Transient Directing Groups in C-H Bond Functionalization
9. Redox Catalysis in Directed C-H Functionalization
10. Emerging Metal-free Directed C-H Functionalization
11. Directed C(sp3)-H Functionalization in Asymmetric Synthesis
12. Photochemical Activations of C(sp3)-H Bonds
13. Dual Transition Metal/Photoredox Catalysis for Directed C(sp2)-H Activations
14. Industrial and Flow Application of Directed C-H Bond Functionalization
15. Applications of Directed C-H Functionalization in Medicinal and Process Chemistry