Alkenylation Reactions of Heteroarenes by Transition-Metal Catalysts

This review with 277 references covers the literature published until the end of February 2010 on the methods, different from the Mizoroki-Heck reaction, which have been developed in the last three decades to introduce C–C 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.