Direct meta-selective alkylation of perylene bisimides via palladium-catalyzed C-H functionalization

Wan Yue; Yan Li; Wei Jiang; Yonggang Zhen; Zhaohui Wang

doi:10.1021/ol9023198

Direct meta-selective alkylation of perylene bisimides via palladium-catalyzed C-H functionalization

Org Lett. 2009 Dec 3;11(23):5430-3. doi: 10.1021/ol9023198.

Authors

Wan Yue¹, Yan Li, Wei Jiang, Yonggang Zhen, Zhaohui Wang

Affiliation

¹ Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.

PMID: 19883115
DOI: 10.1021/ol9023198

Abstract

A facile palladium-catalyzed procedure for meta-selective alkylation of perylene bisimides with alkyl halides has been achieved by direct C-H functionalization.