Recent advances in directed C-H functionalizations using monodentate nitrogen-based directing groups

The use of directing groups has proven to be a successful strategy to enhance reactivity and control selectivity in C-H functionalization reactions. In the past decade, a multitude of new transformations and new directing groups have been explored, and several recent reviews have discussed directing group approaches for C-H functionalization. This review focuses specifically on the use of monodentate nitrogen-based directing groups published during the past two years, with the aim of covering a body of literature that is complementary to existing reviews.