A highly efficient Pd-catalyzed decarboxylative ortho-arylation of amides with aryl acylperoxides.

Journal: Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
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Abstract

An efficient Pd-catalyzed decarboxylative ortho-arylation of amides with aryl acylperoxides was developed. A variety of anilides reacted with aryl acylperoxides to afford the corresponding ortho-arylation products, and N-methoxyarylamides generated phenanthridinones.

Authors
Dengke Li, Ning Xu, Yicheng Zhang, Lei Wang