ChemInform Abstract: Rhodium(III)‐Amine Dual Catalysis for the Oxidative Coupling of Aldehydes by Directed C—H Activation: Synthesis of Phthalides.

Abstract

The proposed reaction mechanism includes an initial ortho C-H activation followed by insertion and a final annulation step. -(TAN, P. W.; JUWAINI, N. A. B.; SEAYAD*, J.; Org. Lett. 15 (2013) 20, 5166-5169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ol402145m ; Inst. Chem. Eng. Sci., Singapore 138665, Singapore; Eng.) -U. Scheffler 11-118