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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 9.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Rev. 2011 Jan 14;111(3):1846–1913. doi: 10.1021/cr1002744

Table 23.

Regioselectivity of Decarboxylative Lactamizations

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entry Ar ligand 110 : 109 % yielda
1 4-MeOC6H4 P(4-MeOC6H4)3 >99:1 80
2 4-MeOC6H4 P(4-CF3C6H4)3 4:96 64
3 4-MeC6H4 P(4-MeOC6H4)3 >99:1 86
4 4-MeC6H4 P(4-CF3C6H4)3 5:95 73
5 3-MeC6H4 P(4-MeOC6H4)3 >99:1 85
6 3-MeC6H4 P(4-CF3C6H4)3 5:95 62
7 ferrocenyl P(4-MeOC6H4)3 97:3 76
8 ferrocenyl P(4-CF3C6H4)3 6:94 71
a

isolated yield