A novel palladium-catalyzed interannular selective C-H silylation of 1,1'-biaryl-2-acetamides is described. The combination of palladium catalyst with copper oxidant enables meta- or ortho-selective C-H silylation by employing hexamethyldisilane as a trimethylsilyl source, which relies on the control of NBE derivatives as a switch, thus providing straightforward access to divergent silicon-containing 1,1'-biaryl-2-acetamides.
A fast and site-selective biaryl synthesis via dehydrogenative C–H/C–H arylation in a ball mill was developed. In this paper, both electron-deficient oximes and electron-rich anilides quickly and under mild conditions provided arylation with various arenes to give the biaryl products in high-level selectivity. Given the solventless mechanochemical conditions, the transformation obviated the use of