Hydroarylation Reactions of N-Substituted Tricyclic Imides

Our research group has published numerous papers over the last seven years on the reductive Heck reactions of unsaturated N-substituted tricyclic imides which have possible biological activities. The hydroarylation reactions of unsaturated N-substituted tricyclic imides using palladium(II) acetate as a catalyst were studied to obtain a series of new exo-aryl(hetaryl)-substituted tricyclic imides under stereoselective access.