Rhodium-Catalyzed C-H Activation Enabled by an Indium Metalloligand.
Ryosuke YamadaNobuharu IwasawaJun TakayaPublished in: Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) (2019)
Rhodium complexes with an indium metalloligand were successfully synthesized by utilizing a pyridine-tethered cyclopentadienyl ligand as a support for an In-Rh bond. The indium metalloligand dramatically changes the electronic and redox properties of the rhodium metal, thereby enabling catalysis of sp2 C-H bond activation.