Palladium‐Catalyzed Reaction of Aryl Iodides with <i>ortho</i>‐Bromoanilines and Norbornene/Norbornadiene: Unexpected Formation of Dibenzoazepine Derivatives

Abstract

Expecting the unexpected: The title reaction leads to satisfactory yields of dihydrodibenzoazepines 1 a from norbornene. The dibenzoazepines 2 can also be accessed from compounds of type 1 b when norbornadiene is used as a reactant. Theoretical studies show that the reaction represents a chelation-driven deviation from the usual selectivity observed in the presence of ortho-substituents on the aryl iodide. 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.