Technical Notes:

1. Ruthenium- catalyzed hydrohydroxyalkylation of 1, 1-disubstituted allenes

2. Ligand for palladium-catalyzed aminocarbonylation of Pyridyl Tosylates by means of ex situ generation of co.

3. Pd-catalyzed carbonylative a-arylation of ketones with aryl iodides

4. Ligand for palladium-catalyzed alkoxycarbonylation of aryl bromides for the preparation of tertiary esters

5. Ligand for stereoselective palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative allylation ß-C-glycosylation