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Published on: April 19, 2019
Rhodium(iii)-catalyzed sulfonamide directed ortho C-H carbenoid functionalization via metal carbene migratory
Yi Dong1, Jiajing Chen, Heng Xu
1State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China. xuheng@imm.ac.cn.
Abstract:
A rhodium(iii)-catalyzed sulfonamide directed ortho C-H carbenoid functionalization has been developed with good yields. This method is attractive due to its broad substrate scope, and enables derivation of diverse biologically active sulfonamide structures and late-stage modification of sulfa drugs.
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