Rhodium-catalyzed oxidative coupling of aromatic imines with internal alkynes via regioselective C–H bond cleavage

Tatsuya Fukutani, Nobuyoshi Umeda, Koji Hirano, Tetsuya Satoh, Masahiro Miura

Chemical Communications · 2009 · 377 citations · 40 references

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Abstract

The rhodium-catalyzed oxidative coupling of aromatic imines with alkynes effectively proceeds via regioselective C-H bond cleavage to produce indenone imine and isoquinoline derivatives.

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