Greener than conventional methods- C–H activation methods have flourished during the last decade and become especially attractive to organic chemists. Edited by a practioner in this rapidly developing field- C–H Bond Activation in Organic Synthesis provides an overview of this exciting playground of chemistry. The book summarizes the state of the art in C–H activation for functionalization- enabling you to carry out reactions in the most environmentally friendly fashion with the least contamination of by-products. The most popular C–H activation reactions are catalyzed by transition metals. This book dedicates a chapter to each of the following catalysts: palladium- rhodium- nickel- iron- copper- and cobalt. In addition- it covers radical-mediated C–H activation- fluorination via C–H activation- and C–H activation of heterocycles. Using a pedagogically practical approach- each chapter is divided by the transition metal catalyst- not a specific transformation. This gives you an up-to-date review of the most important topics of C–H activation. The area of C–H activation has experienced a flurry of activity over the past two decades- so the time is right for a resource that summarizes these powerful tools with which you can design and construct heteroaromatic molecules. Thus- direct C–H functionalization methods are expected to continue to greatly contribute to the mission of green chemistry: low-energy- waste-free- and atom-economic transformations for the synthesis of organic materials and biologically active molecules in the twenty-first century. Using this book- you can carry out environmentally friendly reactions that enable the conversion of cheap and abundant alkanes into valuable functionalized organic compounds.