Yogesh Jaiswal, Yogesh Kumar, Jagannath Pal, Ranga Subramanian and Amit Kumar
Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 7207-7210
DOI:
10.1039/C8CC03556C,
Communication
An efficient and straightforward method has been developed for the synthesis of polysubstituted phenanthridines from simple aryl iodides and alkyl/aryl nitriles via the palladium-catalyzed nucleophilic addition of aryl iodides to nitriles followed by cascade formation of C–C and C–N bonds viz. in situ generated imine directed sequential two fold C–H activation.