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SUBMITTER: Kim Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6026776 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ACS central science 20180613 6
Site-selective C-H functionalization is a great challenge in homogeneous transition-metal catalysis. Herein, we present a physical organic approach to delineate the origin of regioselective amidation of <i>N</i>-acylindoles through Ir(III) catalysis. Bulkiness of <i>N</i>-directing groups of indole substrates and electronics of carboxylate additives were identified as two major factors in controlling C2 and C7 selectivity, and their microscopic mechanisms were studied with DFT-based transition s ...[more]