Abstract
A novel and efficient C–C bond‐formation method was developed: the cross‐dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) reaction catalyzed by copper bromide in the presence of an oxidizing reagent, tBuOOH. The CDC reaction provides a simple and efficient catalytic method to construct β‐amino diesters and β‐dicyano amines by a combination of two different sp3 C–H bonds followed by C–C bond formation. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2005)