Insertion of Polar and Nonpolar Unsaturated Molecules into Carbon−Rhenium Bonds Generated by C−H Bond Activation: Synthesis of Phthalimidine and Indene Derivatives
A rhenium complex, [ReBr(CO)(3)(thf)](2), catalyzes the reaction of an aromatic aldimine with an isocyanate and an acetylene to give a phthalimidine and an indene derivative in a quantitative yield, respectively. The reactions proceed via C-H bond activation, insertion of the isocyanate or the acetylene, intramolecular nucleophilic cyclization to the aldimine of the generated amido- or alkenyl-rhenium