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A new palladium(II) catalyzed methodology for the direct synthesis of alkylidene isoindolinones from N-alkoxybenzamides is presented. Isoindolinone formation proceeds through a highly efficient and E-selective C-H activation/Heck/Aza-Wacker sequence. Substoichiometric amounts of benzoquinone can be employed in a cooperative oxidation system with O(2), leading to facile purification of products. Modification of the reaction conditions provides a general route to substituted phthalimides by carbonylation with CO. Both systems were found to tolerate a wide range of functionality.
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