A novel, atom economic, and environmentally friendly method for the synthesis of 2-substituted benzothiazoles and 2-substituted naphtho[2,1-d]thiazoles from N-substituted arylamines and elemental sulfur has been developed under metal-free conditions. The reaction underwent the process of double C-S bond formation through C-H bond functionalization.

A novel palladium-catalyzed tandem reaction of N-(2-iodoaryl)acrylamides with two aryl iodides for the synthesis of spirooxindole has been achieved. The reaction underwent the process of triple C-H activation and four C-C bond formations based on the double trapping of transient spirocyclic palladacycles which are obtained through remote C-H activation.

A palladium-catalyzed disilylation reaction of 2-iodobiphenyls with hexamethyldisilane via trapping transient dibenzopalladacyclopentadienes has been achieved.

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