title: Rhodium(III)-catalyzed C-C coupling of 7-azaindoles with vinyl acetates and allyl acetates.
abstract: The behaviour of electron-rich alkenes with 7-azaindoles in rhodium(III)-catalyzed C-H activation is investigated. Various substituted vinyl acetates and allyl acetates as coupling partners reacted smoothly providing a wide variety of 7-azaindole derivatives, and the selectivity of the coupling reaction is alkene-dependent. In addition, the approaches of rhodium(III)-catalyzed dehydrogenative Heck-type reaction (DHR) and carbonylation reaction were quite novel and simple.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: Shuai-Shuai
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Cheng-Qi
authors.initials: CQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Xiao-Mei
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dong