RT Journal Article T1 Rhodium(III)-catalyzed intramolecular annulations involving amide-directed C–H activations: synthetic scope and mechanistic studies A1 Quiñones, Noelia A1 Seoane Fernández, Andrés A1 García Fandiño, Rebeca A1 Mascareñas Cid, José Luis A1 Gulías Costa, Moisés AB Alkyne tethered benzamides undergo rhodium(III)-catalyzed intramolecular annulations to give tricyclic isoquinoline derivatives in good yields. DFT calculations suggest that the reaction mechanism involves a migratory insertion of the alkyne into the rhodium–nitrogen bond of the rhodacycle intermediate that results from the initial C–H activation. This contrasts with the pathway proposed for intermolecular cases, which considers an insertion into the rhodium–carbon instead of the rhodium–nitrogen bond. The annulation is also effective with acrylamides; and, while anilides fail to participate in the process, naphthylamides do undergo the intramolecular annulation, albeit the chemoselectivity is different than for the intermolecular reactions PB Royal Society of Chemistry YR 2013 FD 2013 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/18488 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/18488 LA eng NO Quiñones, N., Seoane, A., García-Fandiño, R., Mascareñas, J., & Gulías, M. (2013). Rhodium(iii)-catalyzed intramolecular annulations involving amide-directed C–H activations: synthetic scope and mechanistic studies. Chem. Sci., 4, 2874-2879. doi: 10.1039/c3sc51078f DS Minerva RD 23 abr 2026