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Regioselective C−H Functionalization of Naphthalenes: Reactivity and Mechanistic Insights
Author(s) -
Prévost Sébastien
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chempluschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.801
H-Index - 61
ISSN - 2192-6506
DOI - 10.1002/cplu.202000005
Subject(s) - regioselectivity , naphthalene , surface modification , chemistry , reactivity (psychology) , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Naphthalene is a very important skeleton in chemistry as evidenced by the large number of active compounds that contain it. For this reason, methods that can achieve easy functionalization of naphthalene derivatives are of great importance. This Minireview summarizes reactions that allow regioselective functionalization of 1‐substituted naphthalenes based on directed C−H activation strategies. Indeed, over the past ten years, many research groups have tried to develop new methodologies to directly introduce different functional groups on every position of naphthalene. In addition to the possible reactions reported in the literature, special attention has been paid to mechanistic aspects in order to explain the observed regioselectivities.