When Bigger Is Better: Intermolecular Hydrofunctionalizations of Activated Alkenes Catalyzed by Heteroleptic Alkaline Earth Complexes

…, T Roisnel, JF Carpentier, Y Sarazin

Index: Liu, Bo; Roisnel, Thierry; Carpentier, Jean-Francois; Sarazin, Yann Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2012 , vol. 51, # 20 p. 4943 - 4946

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Abstract

Catalyzed hydrofunctionalizations of unsaturated substrates are of tremendous interest, primarily because of their atom efficiency.[1] Intramolecular catalytic cyclohydroamination of aminoalkenes can be efficiently promoted by d0 complexes of the heavy alkaline-earth (Ae) metals,[2, 3] typically Ca and in rare cases Sr, as recently exemplified by the groups of Hill,[4] Ward,[5] and Roesky.[6] The catalytic activity of these complexes, which are based ...