Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective C-H Allylation of Arenes with Vinyl Benzoxazinanones.

Vinyl benzoxazinanone was applied as an electrophilic allylating reagent for a series of arenes under redox-neutral Rh(III) catalysis. This reaction occurs in high efficiency under mild conditions to afford allylarenes bearing a sulfonamide functionality in exclusively E-selectivity. This allylation system combines C-H activation of arenes and scission of an unstrained six-membered ring.