When bigger is better: intermolecular hydrofunctionalizations of activated alkenes catalyzed by heteroleptic alkaline Earth complexes

Bo Liu; Thierry Roisnel; Jean-François Carpentier; Yann Sarazin

doi:10.1002/anie.201200364

When bigger is better: intermolecular hydrofunctionalizations of activated alkenes catalyzed by heteroleptic alkaline Earth complexes

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012 May 14;51(20):4943-6. doi: 10.1002/anie.201200364. Epub 2012 Apr 11.

Authors

Bo Liu¹, Thierry Roisnel, Jean-François Carpentier, Yann Sarazin

Affiliation

¹ Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, UMR CNRS-Université de Rennes, Campus de Beaulieu, France.

PMID: 22492421
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201200364

Abstract

New alkaline-earth amido complexes catalyze the regioselective intermolecular hydroamination (see scheme; Ae=alkaline earth) and hydrophosphination of styrene and isoprene with unprecedented activities. The catalytic performances increased linearly with the size of the metal.