文摘
The rhodium(III)-catalyzed amidation reaction of azobenzenes with dioxazolones is described. This strategy allows the facile and efficient construction of highly substituted ortho-amidated azobenzenes by direct C–H cleavage approach. A wide range of substrates, excellent levels of chemoselectivity as well as high functional-group tolerance were observed. In addition, this protocol was used to generate an array of ortho-amidated ketazines. Further synthetic transformation of amidated azobenzenes furnished a facile construction of benzimidazole and benzotriazole derivatives.