title: Traceless directing group mediated branched selective alkenylation of unbiased arenes.
abstract: Owing to the synthetic importance of branched olefinated products, we report palladium catalyzed formation of branched olefins facilitated by a C-H activation based protocol. This involves selective insertion of olefins and subsequent decarboxylation using a completely unbiased benzene ring as the starting precursor. The significance of the protocol has been further highlighted by exhibition of functionality tolerance along with a late-stage modification of the branched olefinated products leading to the formation of other functionalized molecules.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076, India. dmaiti@chem.iitb.ac.in.
authors.forename: Soumitra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agasti
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076, India. dmaiti@chem.iitb.ac.in.
authors.forename: Aniruddha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dey
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076, India. dmaiti@chem.iitb.ac.in.
authors.forename: Debabrata
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maiti