Deng Hong, Li Hongji, Wang Lei
†Department of Chemistry, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, Anhui 235000, P.R. China.
‡State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China.
Org Lett. 2015 May 15;17(10):2450-3. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b00957. Epub 2015 May 7.
A novel Rh(III)-catalyzed direct alkylation of azobenzenes with allyl acetates through C-H activation and functionalization is demonstrated in which the allyl acetates serve as unique alkylation agents. The rhodium-catalyzed alkylation provides a highly efficient and atom-economic approach to a series of azo compounds.
