Palladium(0)‐Catalyzed Intermolecular Amination of Unactivated CH Bonds

Abstract

Filling out the space: The title reaction of unactivated CH bonds using aryl amines as the nitrogen source is disclosed (see scheme; dba=dibenzylideneacetone, Tf=trifluoromethanesulfonyl). Either the CN cross-coupling product or the CH amination product could be accessed selectively by adjusting the steric environment of the substrate.