We have developed an efficient Pd‐catalyzed directed C—H bromination protocol, in which dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is employed as oxidant with hydrobromic acid aqueous solution (HBr(aq)) as bromide source. The DMSO/HBr(aq) system, which is novelly and efficiently utilized in transition‐metal catalyzed C—H activation, illustrates its practicability by the operational simplicity, inexpensive and readily
A new strategy for catalytic functionalization of C-H bonds by means of electrochemical oxidation is described. Combination of palladium-catalyzed aromatic C-H bond cleavage and halogenation with electrochemically generated halonium ions enables highly efficient, selective halogenations of aromatic compounds in a green-sustainable manner. The required reagents for this reaction are an arene and an