Reductive C−C Coupling from α,β‐Unsaturated Nitriles by Intercepting Keteniminates
作者:Lillian V. A. Hale、N. Marianne Sikes、Nathaniel K. Szymczak
DOI:10.1002/anie.201904530
日期:2019.6.17
generate and intercept nitrile anion equivalents using hydrogen transfercatalysis. Addition of α,β‐unsaturated nitriles to a pincer‐based Ru−H complex affords structurally characterized κ‐N‐coordinated keteniminates by selective 1,4‐hydride transfer. When generated in situ under catalytic hydrogenation conditions, electrophilic addition to the keteniminate was achieved using anhydrides to provide α‐cyanoacetates