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Rhodium-Catalyzed meta-Selective C?H Carboxylation Reaction of 1,1-Diarylethylenes via Hydrorhodation-Rhodium Migration
Caner, Joaquim,Iwasawa, Nobuharu,Saito, Takanobu,Toriumi, Naoyuki
supporting information, p. 23349 - 23356 (2021/09/18)
A meta-selective C?H carboxylation reaction of 1,1-diarylethylene derivatives with CO2 by using a rhodium catalyst with NaOiPr as a stoichiometric reductant has been achieved. Together with hydrogenation of the ethylene moiety, a carboxyl group was introduced to the meta-position of the aryl ring with high selectivity over the ortho-positions. Experimental and computational mechanistic studies indicate that this carboxylation reaction proceeds via hydrorhodation on the ethylene moiety, followed by 1,4-rhodium migration and successive 1,2-rhodium migration on the aryl ring. The use of a bulky phosphine ligand seems to be the key to this unusual aryl-to-aryl 1,2-rhodium shift.
