Ruthenium-catalyzed cyclocarbonylation of aliphatic amides through the regioselective activation of unactivated C(sp3)–H bonds

Nao Hasegawa, Kaname Shibata, Valentine Charra, Satoshi Inoue, Yoshiya Fukumoto, Naoto Chatani

Tetrahedron

Volume 69, Issue 22, 3 June 2013, Pages 4466–4472

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2013.02.006