chemoselectivity of ruthenium-catalyzedC-Hbond arylations on triazol-4-yl-substituted arenes was found to depend on the substitution pattern of both substrates. While various aryl chlorides led to products stemming from direct arylations, ortho-substituted aryl halides in combination with ortho-alkylated arenes preferentially resulted in oxidative homo-couplings. arylations - C-H activation - dehydrogenation
A nitrogen-directed regioselective homocoupling reaction of aromatic compounds has been found to be catalyzed by a ruthenium complex in the presence of methallyl acetate as a hydrogen scavenger.
Palladium-Catalyzed Chelation-Assisted Regioselective Oxidative Dehydrogenative Homocoupling/<i>Ortho</i>-Hydroxylation in <i>N</i>-Phenylpyrazoles
A palladium-catalyzed pyrazole-directed regioselective oxidative C(sp2)-H functionalization of the N-phenyl ring in N-phenylpyrazoles to afford either a biaryl bis-pyrazole (via dehydrogenative homocoupling) or N-(o-hydroxyphenyl)pyrazole (via C-H oxygenation) or their mixture is described. The substitutions on the N-phenyl ring and the pyrazole ring and the dilution of the reaction medium with respect to the TFA/TFAA mixture (substrate concentration) have a remarkable influence on the outcome of the reaction. It was discovered that if the reactions were performed under highly dilute conditions (ca. 10 times) then N-(o-hydroxyphenyl)pyrazoles were the major or the sole products.