Electrophilic Amination with Anthranils through Thioamide-Assisted Cobalt(III)-Catalyzed C(sp 3 )-H Activation

Cobalt(III)-catalyzed electrophilic amination of inert C(sp(3))-H bonds of weakly coordinating thioamides with readily accessible anthranil derivatives was accomplished under mild conditions, with good functional group tolerance, thus providing various amino aldehydes and amino ketones. Moreover, our protocol with the versatile [Cp*Co(MeCN)(3)][SbF6](2) features excellent atom-economy and oxidantfree conditions, and allows facile late-stage functionalization.