Cover Feature: Recent Advances in Rare‐Earth Metal‐Catalyzed C−H Functionalization Reactions (ChemCatChem 23/2022)

The Cover Feature demonstrated all rare‐earth metal elements in the form of RE (abbreviation of rare‐earth) letters and a C−H bond was activated via rare‐earth metal catalysts and a C−R bond was consequently formed. In their Review, X. Xu and co‐workers provide a brief overview on rare‐earth metal‐catalyzed C−H functionalization reactions during the last decade. Transition metal catalyzed C−H functionalization has attracted great interest and witnessed considerable advances owing to its outstanding regioselectivity, step‐ and atom‐economy. In recent years, rare‐earth metal catalysts have exhibited unique reactivity and selectivity in C−H functionalization, making it an important complement for late‐transition metal‐catalyzed C−H functionalization. More information can be found in the Review by X. Xu and co‐workers.