posted on 2004-01-08, 00:00authored byJared C. Lewis, Sean H. Wiedemann, Robert G. Bergman, Jonathan A. Ellman
A new method for the rhodium-catalyzed arylation of a variety of heterocycles has been developed. The reaction provided moderate to good
yields of the arylated products. A preliminary mechanistic investigation of this reaction revealed the intermediacy of an isolable N-heterocyclic
carbene complex.