Jidan Liu: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Institute of Clean Energy and Materials/Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Clean Energy and Materials, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China. jdliu@gzhu.edu.cn lzqgzu@gzhu.edu.cn. ORCID
Jinyuan Jiang: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Institute of Clean Energy and Materials/Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Clean Energy and Materials, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China. jdliu@gzhu.edu.cn lzqgzu@gzhu.edu.cn.
Zhenke Yang: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Institute of Clean Energy and Materials/Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Clean Energy and Materials, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China. jdliu@gzhu.edu.cn lzqgzu@gzhu.edu.cn.
Qiaohai Zeng: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Institute of Clean Energy and Materials/Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Clean Energy and Materials, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China. jdliu@gzhu.edu.cn lzqgzu@gzhu.edu.cn.
Jieying Zheng: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Institute of Clean Energy and Materials/Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Clean Energy and Materials, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China. jdliu@gzhu.edu.cn lzqgzu@gzhu.edu.cn.
Siying Zhang: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Institute of Clean Energy and Materials/Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Clean Energy and Materials, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China. jdliu@gzhu.edu.cn lzqgzu@gzhu.edu.cn.
Liyao Zheng: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Institute of Clean Energy and Materials/Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Clean Energy and Materials, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China. jdliu@gzhu.edu.cn lzqgzu@gzhu.edu.cn.
Shang-Shi Zhang: Center for Drug Research and Development, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China. ORCID
Zhao-Qing Liu: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Institute of Clean Energy and Materials/Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Clean Energy and Materials, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China. jdliu@gzhu.edu.cn lzqgzu@gzhu.edu.cn. ORCID
An efficient Rh(iii)-catalyzed C-H oxidative alkylation of N-aryl-7-azaindoles with cyclopropanols by merging tandem C-H and C-C cleavage was developed. This transformation features mild reaction conditions, high regioselectivity, and excellent functional group compatibility. The resulting β-aryl ketone derivatives can be readily transformed into 7-azaindole-containing π-extended polycyclic heteroarenes.
