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Currently used directing groups for selective aliphatic β-functionalization of carbonyl compounds show excellent reactivity and selectivity with an amide as a linker. Described herein is 2-piconimide, used for the first time with commercially available 2-picolinamide/2-picolic acid as precursors, to direct CH arylation/alkenylation by palladium catalysis. The directing group is essential for promoting the sequnetial primary and secondary C(sp3)H arylation with different aryl iodides in one substrate. The directing group was easily removed under simple reaction conditions at room temperature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A rhodium(III)-catalyzed cross-coupling of benzyl thioethers and aryl carboxylic acids through the two directing groups is reported. Useful structures with diverse substituents were efficiently synthesized in one step with the cleavage of four bonds (CH, CS, OH) and the formation of two bonds (CC, CO). The formed structure is the privileged core in natural products and bioactive molecules. This work highlights the power of using two different directing groups to enhance the selectivity of a double CH activation, the first of such examples in cross-oxidative coupling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]