Rhodium-catalyzed cross-coupling of aryl carbamates with arylboron reagents

A new method has been developed for the rhodium-catalyzed cross-coupling of aryl carbamates with organoboron reagents. The use of an NHC ligand bearing a 2-adamantyl group, i.e., I(2-Ad), is essential to the success of the reaction. The reaction involves the rhodium-mediated activation of the relatively inert C(aryl)-O bond of aryl carbamates.

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