A practical <i>ortho</i>-acylation of aryl iodides enabled by moisture-insensitive activated esters <i>via</i> palladium/norbornene catalysis
Yunxia Feng, Yangyang Wang, Shen Zhao, Daopeng Zhang, Xinjin Li, Hui Liu, Yunhui Dong, Fenggang Sun
Abstract
Herein reported is a practical Catellani-type <italic>ortho</italic>-acylation of aryl iodides enabled by employing moisture-insensitive esters as the electrophile <italic>via</italic> C(O)–O bond cleavage.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryAcylationArylNorborneneCatalysisPalladiumElectrophileBond cleavageOrganic chemistryMoistureMedicinal chemistryPolymer chemistryAlkylPolymerMonomerCatalytic C–H Functionalization MethodsCatalytic Cross-Coupling ReactionsRadical Photochemical Reactions