Guangfan Zheng, Miaomiao Tian, Youwei Xu, Xiaohong Chen and Xingwei Li
Org. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 998-1002
DOI:
10.1039/C7QO01033H,
Research Article
The Rh(III)-catalyzed annulative C–H functionalization of arenes with sulfoxonium ylides has been realized. Arenes assisted by diverse nucleophilic directing groups are viable substrates, and the coupling affords structurally diverse fused hetero- and carbocycles under redox-neutral conditions.