Pd-Catalyzed Decarbonylative sp² C-H Arylation: Construction of Five- and Six-Membered (Hetero)Cyclic Compounds

The cyclic compounds have wide applications in the design and synthesis of drugs and materials; thus, their efficient construction attracts much attention from the synthetic community. In this letter, we report an efficient method for preparing cyclic compounds starting from the readily available carboxylic acids. This reaction takes place through intramolecular decarbonylative sp² C-H arylation, enabling efficient synthesis of a wide range of five- and six-membered cyclic compounds. Both carbo- and heterocycles can be produced under the reaction conditions. Moreover, this reaction features a wide substrate scope with high functional group tolerance. The scale-up experiments also show its practicality in organic synthesis. Those experimental results indicate that this reaction would find wide applications in the synthetic community.