Alkenylation Reactions of Heteroarenes by Transition-Metal Catalysts

This review with 272 references covers the literature published up to the end of February 2010 on the methods, other than the Mizoroki-Heck reaction, that have been developed in the last three decades to introduce carbon-carbon double bonds, frequently even in a stereocontrolled manner, onto heteroarene moieties by using transition-metal-catalyzed reactions that do not involve the use of stoichiometric amounts of organometallic reagents. The practicality and versatility of these methods with respect to substrate scope and operational costs are discussed.