Chemical Communications

Cycloruthenated tertiary amines and ethylene: further insight to the Ru-mediated olefin–aryl coupling reaction

V Ritleng, JP Sutter, M Pfeffer, C Sirlin

Index: Ritleng, Vincent; Sutter, Jean Pascal; Pfeffer, Michel; Sirlin, Claude Chemical Communications, 2000 , # 2 p. 129 - 130

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Citation Number: 16

Abstract

The reaction between cycloruthenated N, N-dimethylbenzylamine and ethylene under very mild conditions afforded 2-vinyl-N, N-dimethylbenzylamine and an organometallic Ru derivative resulting from the overall insertion of one carbon atom in the Ru–C bond of the starting material.