1. Volume 2, Issue 3, Pages 383-392 (March 2017)
Catalytic Dehydrogenative C–H Imidation of Arenes Enabled by Photo-generated Hole Donation to Sulfonimide 
Eri Ito, Tomohiro Fukushima, Takahiro Kawakami, Kei Murakami, Kenichiro Itami 
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3. Figure 1 Overview of This Work
(A) Nitrogen sources in aromatic C–H amination and imidation reactions.
(B) Equimolar, dehydrogenative imidation of arenes (this work).
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4. Figure 2
Ru-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative C–H Imidation of Naphthalene under Blue LED Light
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5. Figure 3 Scope of Sulfonimide Reactivity
For 2h: 1h (1.5 equiv), [Ru(bpy)3]Cl2·6H2O (2.5 mol %), IBB (3.0 equiv), 24 hr.
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6. Figure 4 Scope of the Aromatic C–H Imidation
For 3b, 3e, 3f, and 3l–3q: 1a (1.5 equiv), [Ru(bpy)3]Cl2·6H2O (2.5 mol %), IBB (3.0 equiv), 24 hr. For 3g: 1a (1.5 equiv), [Ru(bpy)3]Cl2·6H2O (5.0 mol %), IBB (3.0 equiv), 24 hr. For 3s and 3t: 1a (5.0 equiv), [Ru(bpy)3]Cl2·6H2O (2.5 mol %), PhI(OAc)2 (5.0 equiv), 12 hr.
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7. Figure 5 Mechanistic Consideration
(A) Cyclic voltammograms of 5 mM Ru(bpy)3Cl2·6H2O (black line), + 1 mM 1a (blue line), and + 5 mM 1a (red line) in 50 mM TBAPF6/DCE under Ar (0.1 V/s).
(B) Plausible reaction mechanism.
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8. Scheme 1
Sequence of C–H Imidation, Desulfonylation, and N–H Arylation in the Synthesis of a Sulfonamide
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