Reactivity control in palladium-catalyzed reactions: a personal account

Several classes of palladium-catalyzed reactions are summarized as the authorʹs personal account. These include allylic oxidation, diastereo- and enantio-controlled allylic substitution, transmetalation of organomercurials, stereoselective rearrangements, and development of new ligands for amination of aryl halides and for asymmetric Heck addition.