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A palladium-catalyzed reductive cyclization of nitroarenes has been designed to construct sp3-C-NHAr bonds from sp3-C-H bonds by using an enolizable nucleophile to intercept a nitrosoarene intermediate. Exposure of ortho-substituted nitroarenes… Click to show full abstract
A palladium-catalyzed reductive cyclization of nitroarenes has been designed to construct sp3-C-NHAr bonds from sp3-C-H bonds by using an enolizable nucleophile to intercept a nitrosoarene intermediate. Exposure of ortho-substituted nitroarenes to 5 mol % of Pd(OAc)2 and 10 mol % of phenanthroline under 2 atm of CO constructs partially saturated 5-, 6-, or 7-membered N-heterocycles using α-pyridyl carboxylates, malonates, 1,3-dimethylbarbituric acid, 1,3-diones, or difurans as the nucleophile.
Journal Title: Organic letters
Year Published: 2019
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