Recent Advances of Rhodium Catalyzed Coupling Reactions

Abstract

Rh-catalyzed few recent reactions including C–H activation (sp2 and sp3) carbene insertion, boronic acid activations are reviewed. These strategies mostly assist to the development of a widely applicable and efficient protocol to the formation of various C-C (Csp2-Csp2 and Csp3-Csp2) and C-X bonds in their particular domain; in addition, these new bonds perhaps incorporate important tandem cyclization to produce valuable heterocycles. These reactions highlight the innate nature of rhodium in selectivity as well as reactivity in the C-H bond functionalizations through the generation of organo-rhodium reactive intermediates.

Index Terms: Rh-Catalysis, C-H activation, Carbene insertion, Heterocycles, C-X bonds, MCR