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Methylene-selective C-H functionalization is a significant hurdle that remains to be addressed in the field of Pd(II) catalysis. We report a Pd(II)-catalyzed synthesis of benzocyclobutenes by methylene-selective C(sp3)-H arylation of ketones. The reaction utilizes glycine as a transient directing group and a 2-pyridone ligand, which may govern the methylene selectivity by making intimate molecular associations with the substrate during concerted metalation-deprotonation. This reaction is shown to be highly selective for intramolecular methylene C(sp3)-H arylation, thus enabling sequential C(sp3)-H functionalization.

We report Pd(II)-catalyzed cyclative C(sp3)–H arylation of ketones with a transient directing group (TDG). Based on calculations, the oxidative addition step implicates a highly strained trigonal b...

Methylene-selective C-H functionalization is a significant hurdle that remains to be addressed in the field of Pd(II) catalysis. We report a Pd(II)-catalyzed synthesis of benzocyclobutenes by methylene-selective C(sp

Methylene-selective C‒H functionalization is a significant hurdle that remains to be addressed in the field of Pd(II) cataly-sis. In this paper we report a Pd(II) catalyzed synthesis of benzocyclobutenes by methylene-selective C(sp3)‒H arylation of ketones using a transient directing group. The reaction utilizes glycine as a transient directing group and an electron poor pyridone ligand which is expected to promote concerted metallation deprotonation, but also controls methylene selectivity by intimate interactions with the substrate. These reaction conditions are shown to be highly selective for in-tramolecular methylene C(sp3)‒H arylation, and thus enable sequential C(sp3)‒H functionalization.

In this review, recent examples featuring C-H functionalization in the synthesis of complex natural products are discussed. A focus is given to the way in which C-H functionalization can influence the logical process of retrosynthesis, and the review is organized by the type and method of C-H functionalization.