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Ortho C-H Acylation of Aryl Iodides by Palladium/Norbornene Catalysis.

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) (2015-09-04)
Zhe Dong, Jianchun Wang, Zhi Ren, Guangbin Dong
ABSTRACT

Reported herein is a palladium/norbornene-catalyzed ortho-arene acylation of aryl iodides by a Catellani-type C-H functionalization. This transformation is enabled by isopropyl carbonate anhydrides, which serve as both an acyl cation equivalent and a hydride source.

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endo-N-Methyl-5-norbornene-2-carboxamide, ≥95%