Recent Advances in Copper-mediated Direct Biaryl Coupling

Copper salts and complexes have recently received significant attention as less expensive, abundant, and unique alternatives to noble transition-metal catalysts such as palladium, rhodium, and ruthenium, in the research field of C–H activation. This highlight review focuses on recent advances in copper-mediated biaryl coupling via aromatic C–H cleavage, and the scope and limitations are briefly summarized.