Kiran R. Bettadapur, Veeranjaneyulu Lanke and Kandikere Ramaiah Prabhu
Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 6251-6254
DOI:
10.1039/C7CC02392H,
Communication
A Rh(III)-catalyzed C–H activation followed by conjugate addition to maleimides, using carboxylic acid as a traceless/deciduous directing group, to formally furnish a Csp2–Csp3 bond is presented. For the first time, derivatives of acrylic acid have been shown as surrogates for the unstable and expensive alkenyl boronic acids.