Authors: Huw M. L. Davies and Qihui Jin
Org. Lett.,
2004, 6 (11), 1769–1772
Rh2(S-DOSP)4-catalyzed C−H activation to N,N-dimethylanilines is described. A double C−H activation was possible by using an excess of methyl aryldiazoacetate, and this provided a very direct approach to C2-symmetric anilines.