Hydrogen Bond‐Accelerated Meta‐Selective CH Functionalization with Iridium

Abstract

This article summarizes the design of the catalytic systems and regioselective CH borylation of (hetero)aromatic compounds using the noncovalent interactions, such as hydrogen bonding and Lewis acid–base interaction, between the substrate recognition part of the ligand of catalysts and the functional group of substrates. Formal meta‐selective introduction of a variety of functional groups into (hetero)aromatic compounds based on the meta‐selective CH borylation is explained. In addition, acceleration of the reaction and expression of functional group and substrate specificities are introduced. In the summary section, recently reported reactions using the noncovalent interaction method and the several reviews and accounts are cited.