Preface -- 1 The Palladium/Norbornene-Catalyzed Annulation Chemistry: Rapid Access to Diverse Ring Structures 1 Mark Lautens and Xavier Abel-Snape -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Intramolecular Cyclizations -- 1.3 Intermolecular Cyclizations Following Intermolecular Ortho Functionalization -- 1.4 Cyclizations with Three-Membered Heterocycles as Both the Electrophile and Terminating Reagent -- 1.5 Norbornene/Norbornadiene-Integrated Cyclizations -- 1.6 One-Pot Postcatalytic Intramolecular Cyclizations -- 1.7 Summary -- 2 Diverse Ipso Arene Functionalization by the Palladium/Norbornene Cooperative Catalysis 45 Bo-Sheng Zhang and Yong-Min Liang -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Ipso Functionalization Reaction in the Pd/NBE Catalytic Cycle -- 2.3 Type of Ipso Functionalization Reactions -- 2.4 Prospects and Challenges of Ipso Functionalization -- 3 Diverse Ortho C--H Functionalization by the Palladium/Norbornene Cooperative Catalysis 89 Xin Liu and Guangbin Dong -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Carbon-Electrophile -- 3.3 Nitrogen-Electrophile -- 3.4 Sulfur-Electrophile -- 3.5 Oxygen-Electrophile -- 3.6 Conclusion and Outlook -- 4 Asymmetric Palladium/Norbornene Cooperative Catalysis 129 Shuming Zhan and Zhenhua Gu -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Stereochemistry Controlled by the Substrate -- 4.3 Catalytic Asymmetric Transformations Controlled by Chiral Ligands -- 4.4 Catalytic Asymmetric Transformation Controlled by Chiral Norbornenes -- 4.5 Summary and Outlook -- 5 Pd(II)-Initiated Palladium/Norbornene Cooperative Catalysis 157 Hong-Gang Cheng, Kevin Wu, Qianghui Zhou, and Jin-Quan Yu -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Pd/NBE-catalyzed C-H Functionalization of NH-containing Heteroarenes -- 5.3 Directing Group-Enabled meta-C-H Functionalization of Arenes -- 5.4 Directing Group-Free Mono- and Difunctionalization of (Hetero)Arenes -- 5.5 Template-Enabled Remote C-H Functionalization -- 5.6 Enantioselective Remote C-H Functionalization -- 5.7 Borono-Catellani Reactions -- 5.8 Conclusion and Outlook -- 6 Functionalization of Heteroarenes by the Palladium/Norbornene Cooperative Catalysis 199 Jung Min Joo -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Pd/NBE Reactions of Five-Membered Haloheteroarenes -- 6.3 Pd/NBE Reactions of Six-Membered Haloheteroarenes -- 6.4 Pd/NBE Reactions of Parent Heteroarenes -- 6.5 Conclusion -- 7 Addressing the Substrate Limitation in the Palladium/Norbornene Cooperative Catalysis 225 Zhao Wu -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Ortho Constraint -- 7.3 Meta Constraint -- 7.4 Aryl Iodide Constraint -- 7.5 Beyond Aromatic Substrates -- 7.6 Conclusions and Outlook -- 8 Application of the Palladium/Norbornene Cooperative Catalysis to Synthesis of Natural Products and Materials 265 Jianchun Wang -- 8.1 Applications in Synthesis of Natural Products and Drugs -- 8.2 Applications in Synthesis of Organic Aromatic Materials -- 8.3 Summary -- References -- Index.