>>12536522There's a distintion between "kinetic" reaction control and "thermodynamic" control.
Autists will bitch about the naming, but basically high heat promotes reversible, thermodynamically stable reactions, whereas low heat allows rapidly accessible, but only metastable sites to shine (kinetic).
A lot of exotic intermediates are only possible at low temps, and could allow for some exotic new transformations. I've seen things like three-center bonding with methane, C-H hydrogen bonding, some surface catalysis stuff
