Palladium-catalyzed arylative ring-opening reactions of norbornenols: entry to highly substituted cyclohexenes, quinolines, and tetrahydroquinolines

Palladium-catalyzed stereoselective arylative ring-opening reaction of norbornenol derivs. was studied. In presence of aryl bromides, corresponding cyclohexene derivs. were obtained in good yields. Meanwhile, reaction with bromoanilines yielded quinolines and tetrahydroquinolines. The asym. version of this reaction was explored by using chiral ligand.