A Versatile Rhodium(I) Catalyst System for the Addition of Heteroarenes to both Alkenes and Alkynes by a CH Bond Activation

Abstract

Rhod to Addition: A highly efficient and convenient rhodium catalyst system was developed for the title transformation. A base co-catalyst was found to facilitate the key arene CH bond-activation step and substrate scope was very broad, including both electron-deficient pyridine N-oxides, and electron-rich azoles. The catalytic system was effective for the hydroheteroarylation of both alkenes and alkynes and gave excellent regio- and stereoselectivity. 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.