Exploitation of differential reactivity of the carbon-chlorine bonds in 1,3-dichloroisoquinoline. Routes to new N,N-chelate ligands and 1,3-disubstituted isoquinolines
Under Pd(PPh3)4 catalysis, coupling of arylboronic acids to the 1-position of 1,3-dichloroisoquinoline takes place, leading exclusively to 1-aryl-3-chloroisoquinolines. This regiochemistry is demonstrated by the crystal structure of