Transition-Metal Catalyzed Coupling Reactions of gem-Dibromovinyl Derivatives

gem-Dibromovinyl derivatives are valuable synthetic tools in organic chemistry, which have been widely applied in the construction of founctionalized molecules. In the past few years, metal-catalyzed (such as Pd, Cu, Ag, Au and Ni) transformations with gem-dibromovinyl derivatives have been developed and become a powerful tool for the synthesis of alkynes, chromenes, indoles, benzindole, benzothiophene and other benzo-fused heterocycles with important physiological activity. The progresses in transition-metal-catalyzed transformations of gem-dibromoviny derivatives since 2013 are summarized.