Rhenium-catalyzed insertion of terminal alkenes into a C(sp2)–H bond and successive transfer hydrogenation
摘要:
Treatment of aromatic aldimines with terminal alkenes in the presence of a rhenium catalyst, [HRe(CO)(4)](n), gives 2-alkenylbenzylamines in good to excellent yields. This reaction proceeds via the insertion of the alkene into a C-H bond at the ortho-position of the imino group of the aromatic aldimine followed by sequential beta-hydride elimination from the formed alkyl rhenium intermediate and then by hydrogenation of the imino group of the aldimine. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Treatment of aromatic aldimines with terminal alkenes in the presence of a rhenium catalyst, [HRe(CO)(4)](n), gives 2-alkenylbenzylamines in good to excellent yields. This reaction proceeds via the insertion of the alkene into a C-H bond at the ortho-position of the imino group of the aromatic aldimine followed by sequential beta-hydride elimination from the formed alkyl rhenium intermediate and then by hydrogenation of the imino group of the aldimine. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.