Rhodium‐Catalyzed Oxidative Olefination of CH Bonds in Acetophenones and Benzamides

Abstract

A good neighborhood! The metal-catalyzed oxidative CH functionalization of electron-rich arenes is well-established, but analogous reactions of electron-poor substrates are rare. A new application makes use of common electron-withdrawing functional groups (COMe, CONH2, CONEt2) in the rhodium-catalyzed oxidative Heck reaction to generate complex organic molecules. Cp*= η5-C5Me5. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.