Includes bibliographical references and index.

Synthesis in the key of Catellani: Norbornene-mediated ortho C-H functionalization / Andrew Martins, Brian Mariampillai, and Mark Lautens -- Mechanistic considerations in the development and use of azine, diazine and azole N-oxides in palladium-catalyzed direct arylation / Keith Fagnou -- Palladium and copper catalysis in regioselective, intermolecular coupling of C-H and C-Hal bonds / Olafs Daugulis -- Pd-catalyzed C-H bond functionalization on the indole and pyrrole nucleus / Elizabeth M. Beck and Matthew J. Gaunt -- Remote C-H activation via through-space palladium and rhodium migrations / Feng Shi and Richard C. Larock -- Palladium-catalyzed aryl-aryl bond formation through double C-H activation / Shu-Li You and Ji-Bao Xia -- Palladium-catalyzed allylic C-H bond functionalization of olefins / Guosheng Liu and Yichen Wu -- Ruthenium-catalyzed direct arylations through C-H bond cleavages / Lutz Ackermann and Rubén Vicente -- Rhodium-catalyzed C-H bond arylation of arenes / Jean Bouffard and Kenichiro Itami -- Cross-dehydrogenative coupling reactions of sp3-hybridized C-H bonds / Woo-Jin Yoo and Chao-Jun Li -- Functionalization of carbon-hydrogen bonds through transition metal carbenoid insertion / Huw M.L. Davies and Allison R. Dick -- Metal-catalyzed oxidations of C-H to C-N bonds / David N. Zalatan and J. Du Bois.