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An enol-assisted regioselective arene C-H alkylation with maleimides is developed under redox-neutral ruthenium(II) catalysis, offering a wide variety of valuable 3-aryl succinimides including amino acid embedded frameworks in good to… Click to show full abstract
An enol-assisted regioselective arene C-H alkylation with maleimides is developed under redox-neutral ruthenium(II) catalysis, offering a wide variety of valuable 3-aryl succinimides including amino acid embedded frameworks in good to excellent yields. The products were also aromatized to produce synthetically useful resorcinol-based biaryls. Mechanistic studies support an organometallic pathway with a reversible C-H metalation step for this reaction.
Keywords:
redox neutral;
alkylation maleimides;
neutral ruthenium;
arene alkylation
Journal Title: Organic letters
Year Published: 2022
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Journal Title: Organic letters
Year Published: 2022
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