Recent advances in Gomberg-Backmann biaryl synthesis

The Gomberg-Bachmann reaction is an intermolecular aryl-aryl cross-coupling reaction using an arenediazonium salt and an arene. This digest review surveys recent advances in the Gomberg-Bachmann reaction. More specifically, it focuses on reaction systems that include 1) transition-metal-induced systems, 2) organic promoter-induced systems, 3) electrolytic systems, 4) photoreaction systems, and 5) hybrid systems consisted of a photoredox and a transition-metal catalyst.