Rhodium- and Ruthenium-Catalyzed CDC Systems

Rhodium-catalyzed oxidative biaiyl coupling is still in its infancy, given that it first started appearing in independent studies by Glorius, Miura and You in 2012. All of these studies used either Rh(i) or Rh(iii) catalysts and Cu(ii) oxidants to carry out aiylations of heterocycles, intramolecular couplings or dual heterocycle couplings.  

This reaction, although not extensively studied yet, exhibited moderate yields with high regioselectivity. 

Aryl-Aryl Coupling via Cross-Dehydrogenative-Coupling Reactions 

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