Copper salts, which are abundant, relatively inexpensive and possess low toxicity,h ave long been useda sv ersatile catalysts for various reactions in organic synthesis.R ecently,t he development of Cu-catalyzed or -mediated C À Hf unctionalization reactions has gaineds ignificant attention. Since the pioneering work of Daugulis on the introduction of 8-aminoquinoline and picolinic acid auxiliariesa sr emovable directing groups in transitionm etal-catalyzed C À Hb onda ctivations,t he combination of copper saltsw ith these bidentated irecting groups has emerged as an innovatives trategyf or the construction of carbon-carbon or carbon-heteroatom bonds through C À Hb ond cleavage.I na ddition to the 8-aminoquinoline and picolinamides ystems,s everal other bidentate directing groups including the 2-aminophenyloxazoline group by Yu andD ai andt he PIP systemb yS hi, have been developeda sw ell. This review intends to cover most of the recent advances on copper-catalyzed or -mediatedd irect sp 2 and sp 3 C À Hb ondf unctionalizations assisted by these bidentate directing groups.T he major achievements in this area are discussed and catalogued by the type of bonds formed (C À C, C À O, C À N, C À S, C À Pe tc.). Special attention is paid to the reaction mechanisms.S electede xamples of substrates are listed as well. In addition, apersonal outlook is given at the end.1I ntroduction 2C À CB ond Formation 3C À OB ond Formation 4C À NBond Formation 5C À SBond Formation 6C À PBondF ormation 7C À X(X= F, Cl, Br,I )BondF ormation 8I ntermolecularC À HA ctivation-Cyclization Tandem Reactions 9S ummary andOutlook