Rapid synthesis of polysubstituted phenanthridines from simple aliphatic/aromatic nitriles and iodo arenes via Pd(ii) catalyzed domino C–C/C–C/C–N bond formation
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An efficient method has been developed for the synthesis of polysubstituted phenanthridiene via palladium catalyzed nucleophilic addition of aryl iodides to nitriles followed by dual C–H activation.