expected to initiate new ideas to discover new catalytic and cascade
transformations.
We are grateful to all the chapter authors, experts in various complementary
fields, who have contributed to create this multiple-facet volume.
We dedicate this volume to all chemists and students who are contributing, via
C–H bond activation and functionalisation, to discover safe, catalytic transformations that will be profitable for our society.
Rennes, France
Pierre H. Dixneuf
Henri Doucet
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