Iterative C−H Functionalization Leading to Multiple Amidations of Anilides.

Polyaminobenzenes were synthesized by the ruthenium-catalyzed iterative C−H amidation of anilides using dioxazolones as an amino source. This strategy could be implemented by the sequential activation of C−H bonds of formerly generated compounds by cascade chelation assistance of newly installed amide groups. Computational studies provided a rationale. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]