Publication Details:

Title: Ruthenium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroarylation of Arenes with Olefins in Water

Author(s)	Kallol Mukherjee, E Ramesh, Koushik Ghosh, Akhila K Sahoo : Asian J. Org. Chem. , 2018, 7, 1380-1384 (Invited Article).
Journal Name	Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry
journal image URL	http://chemistry.uohyd.ac.in/~aks/wp-content/uploads/kallolajoc.png

More Details:

A Ru-catalyzed intramolecular hydroarylation of arenes in an aqueous medium is presented herein. With the aid of methyl phenyl sulfoximine or an amide directing group, this atom-efficient hydroarylation of arenes ensued dihydrobenzofuran derivatives. Sequential double hydroarylation of arene motifs resulted in highly peripheral-decorated heterocycles. Deuterium labeling studies and control experiments offer valuable information in understanding the reactivity and the mechanistic data.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajoc.201800241