Amide-Directed C-H Sodiation by a Sodium Hydride/Iodide Composite.
Yinhua HuangGuo Hao ChanShunsuke ChibaPublished in: Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) (2017)
A new protocol for amide-directed ortho and lateral C-H sodiation is enabled by sodium hydride (NaH) in the presence of either sodium iodide (NaI) or lithium iodide (LiI). The transient organosodium intermediates could be transformed into functionalized aromatic compounds.