Pd-catalyzed oxidative coupling reaction was of great importance in the aromatic C--H activation and the for-mation of new C-O and C--C bonds. Sanford has pioneered practical, directed C-H activation reactions em-ploy...
Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2009CB825300) and the Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 20732005, 20872158).
A Pd(II) catalyzed tandem reaction of o-alkynylbenzaldehydes or o-alkynylbenzaldimines with substituted indoles initiated by the intermolecular addition of indoles to the carbonyl or imine group followed by the nucl...