Palladium-catalyzed C–H Alkenylation of C-Aryl Nitrones

Palladium-catalyzed direct C-3 oxidative alkenylation of phosphachromones.

A method for the synthesis of C-3 alkenylated phosphachromones was developed using a direct intermolecular C-3 alkenylation with activated and non-activated alkenes through C-H activation under aerobic conditions.

Palladium(II)-catalyzed direct alkenylation of dihydropyranones.

A palladium(II)-catalyzed direct alkenylation reaction of dihydropyranones was developed. Various substituted dihydropyranones could afford the desired products in reasonable yields. And different acrylates were found to be good coupling partners in this coupling reaction. A Pd(0)/Pd(II) catalytic pathway was proposed to be involved in this coupling reaction.

Palladium-Catalyzed Alkenylation by the Negishi Coupling

Palladium-catalyzed ortho-alkenylation of aryl hydrogen phosphates using a new mono-phosphoric acid directing group.

A highly efficient Pd-catalyzed ortho-alkenylation is reported using a mono-phosphoric acid-directing group for the first time. This phosphoric acid-directing group is successfully utilized for the synthesis of various alkenylated products and offers a new approach to transition-metal-catalyzed C-H activation.

Intramolecular palladium-catalyzed alkane C-H arylation from aryl chlorides.

The first examples of efficient and general palladium-catalyzed intramolecular C(sp(3))-H arylation of (hetero)aryl chlorides, giving rise to a variety of valuable cyclobutarenes, indanes, indolines, dihydrobenzofurans, and indanones, are described. The use of aryl and heteroaryl chlorides significantly improves the scope of C(sp(3))-H arylation by facilitating the preparation of reaction subst...