RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 New achievements on C-C bond formation in water catalyzed by metal complexes A1 Lorenzo Luis, Pablo Antonio A1 Scalambra, Franco A1 Rios, Isaac de los A1 Romerosa, Antonio K1 C–C coupling K1 C–C bond formation K1 Homogeneous catalysis K1 Catalysis in water K1 Water soluble metal complexes AB The C–C coupling is the best strategy to obtain new organic molecules and building blocks from economical and abundant small molecules. Traditionally these reactions are accomplished in organic solvents,which are often dried before use as water molecules can react quickly with both the catalyst or the intermediate of the reactions, blocking the catalytic cycle. Nevertheless, the efforts of the researchers are providing new synthetic procedures in water that can substitute some of those, previously developed, ‘‘dryreactions”. In the last years, really useful processes to obtain C–C bonds in water were proposed. Thesereactions usually are catalysed with 4d-metals but also examples with metals of the first transitionrow were proposed. This review aims to summarize and order by types the C–C coupling catalytic reactions in water published during the last five years. The abundance of reactions and the significance of thepublished results shows that a long way is needed to achieve a good knowledge of catalytic C–C couplingreactions in water. Nevertheless, accomplish this objective can provide significant and valuable syntheticprocesses, more economical, cleaner, more selective, therefore friendlier and more respectful with nature. SN 0010-8545 YR 2021 FD 2021 LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/34752 UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/34752 LA en DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna RD 09-may-2024