Experimental and theoretical studies of the rhodium(i)-catalysed C–H oxidative alkenylation/cyclization of N-(2-(methylthio)phenyl)benzamides with maleimides

We presented the synthesis of isoindolone spirosuccinimides via the Rh( i )-catalysed reaction of aromatic amides that contain a (2-methylthio)aniline directing group with maleimides. Several possible reaction paths were examined by DFT calculations.