Expedient Synthesis of N-acyl anthranilamides and β-enamine amides by the Rh(III)-catalyzed amidation of aryl and vinyl C-H bonds with isocyanates

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 30, 2011, Pages 11430-11433

  Hesp, Kevin D ^a   Bergman, Robert G ^b   Ellman, Jonathan A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDATION; C-H BOND; EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS; ENAMIDES; ENAMINES; HETEROCYCLES;

AMIDES; RHODIUM;

CATALYSIS;

2 AMINOBENZAMIDE; AMIDE; ANILIDE; ENAMINE; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINONE DERIVATIVE; RHENIUM; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

AMIDATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

AMIDES; CATALYSIS; ISOCYANATES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RHODIUM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 79960887414     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja203495c     Document Type: Article

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