Palladium‐Catalyzed Oxidative Carbocyclizations

Palladium‐catalyzed oxidative carbon–carbon bond‐forming annulations, that is, carbocyclization reactions, have recently emerged as efficient and atom‐economical routes to carbo‐ and heterocycles, whereby less functionalized substrates and fewer synthetic steps are needed to obtain a target molecule compared with traditional non‐oxidative carbon–carbon bond‐forming reactions. In this review, the synthetic efforts in palladium‐catalyzed oxidative carbocyclization reactions are summarized.