Organic letters
Ruthenium-Catalyzed C(sp2)-H Activation Using Pyridine and Imidazopyridine as Directing Groups for Selective Silylation.
Shengzhou Jin, Shuo Bai, Yu Wang, Ting Xu, Sai Zhang, Yao Zhou, Guigen Li
Published: 202510.1021/acs.orglett.5c03934
Abstract
Ruthenium-catalyzed C(sp2)-H activation using pyridine and imidazopyridine directing groups enables direct ortho-silylation of 2-arylimidazoheterocycles with hydrosilanes as silylation reagents. This method achieves regioselective C(sp2)-H silylation…
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