Intermolecular insertion: A palladium-catalyzed domino aminopalladation/ CH functionalization sequence has been developed, and provides access to functionalized phenanthridines and isoquinolines (see scheme; Tf=triflate, TMS=trimethylsilyl, M.S.=molecular sieves). The use of butyronitrile as the solvent is determinant to the success of the domino process.
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Gerfaud et al. (2008) studied this question.