Sha Wanxing, Yu Jin-Tao, Jiang Yan, Yang Haitao, Cheng Jiang
School of Petrochemical Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials & Technology, and Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Fine Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, 1 Gehu Road, Changzhou, 213164, P. R. China.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Aug 21;50(65):9179-81. doi: 10.1039/c4cc03304c.
The benzoyl peroxide (BPO)-promoted phenanthridinylation of simple alkanes with isonitrile is developed via C(sp(3))-H and C(sp(2))-H bond cleavage. This procedure is featured by dual C-C bond formation proceeding with the addition of an alkyl radical to isonitrile followed by radical aromatic cyclization.