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Highly Regio- and Chemoselective Oxidative C–H/C–H Cross-Couplings of Anilines and Phenols Enabled by a Co-Oxidant-Free Rh(I)/Zn(NTf2)2/Air Catalytic System

An urgent yet challenging task is to overcome the limitations in substrate scope and regio- and chemoselectivity in the oxidative couplings between two arenes for the construction of unsymmetrical 2,2′-difunctional biaryls with diverse application requirements. In this work, a co-oxidant-free Rh(I)/Zn(NTf2)2/air catalytic system has been developed for dual chelation-assisted oxidative C–H/C–H cross-couplings between two anilines, between two phenols, and between phenols and anilines, which enables rapid assembly of rich libraries of 2,2′-bianilines, 2,2′-biphenols, and 2′-aminobiphenyl-2-ols. This protocol features air as the sole oxidant, complete regioselectivity, high chemoselectivity, low molar ratio of substrates (even 1:1), convenient operation, and scale-up synthesis. The established catalytic system is tolerant of the substrates having both electron-donating and electron-withdrawing substituents at different positions of the aryl ring. This work further discloses that the chemoselectivity of cross...