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Ji Wu1, Huijin Guo1, Ke Cao2
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University of Science & Engineering, Zigong 643000, P. R. China.
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Transition-metal-catalyzed direct cage C-H functionalization of o-carboranes is challenging because of the low reactivity of inert cage C-H bonds and the chemoselectivity issues between cage B-H bonds and C-H bonds. Herein, palladium-catalyzed selective C(2)-sulfenylation of a wide range of C(1)-acylamino-o-carboranes with (hetero)aryl disulfides has been developed. A series of C(2)-sulfenylated o-carboranes were synthesized in moderate to high yields. This protocol provides a powerful synthetic method for direct cage C-H functionalization of o-carboranes through transition metal catalysis, which has important reference for the chalcogenation of boron clusters.
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