This review gave a brief account for the palladium-catalyzed chemoselective Catellani
ortho-arylation reactions. Two possible methods were discussed which were usually used
to control the chemoselectivities of these ortho-arylation reactions. Additionally, examples of the Catellani reaction in natural
product synthesis are also reviewed.
Key words
arylation - palladium - Heck reaction - multicomponent reaction - alkaloids