Alkenyl chlorides and bromides are converted into tertiary enamides by treatment with a carbamoylsilane in toluene at 110 degrees C in the presence of phosphine-palladium(0) catalysts. [reaction: see text]
quantitative amount of metal oxidants. Although transferhydrogenation and C-H alkenylation are two important areas that evolved independently, we herein report the first iridium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of alkenes by integration of directed C(alkenyl)-H alkenylation and transferhydrogenation to obviate the usage of a metal oxidant, employing a hydrogen acceptor such as inexpensive chloranil.