A catalytic method involving coupling of two readily accessible components to construct ortho-quinodimethanes (o-QDMs) is lacking. Herein, the authors describe a palladium carbene migratory insertion enabled dearomative C(sp3)-H activation to form active o-QDM species through the cross-coupling of N-tosylhydrazones with aryl halides.
- Yiman Mi
- Shuoyue Liu
- Xueliang Huang
