Scope and mechanism of allylic C-H amination of terminal alkenes by the palladium/PhI(OPiv)2 catalyst system: Insights into the effect of naphthoquinone

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 34, 2010, Pages 11978-11987

  Yin, Guoyin ^a   Wu, Yichen ^a   Liu, Guosheng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C-H OXIDATIVE; CATALYST SYSTEM; CH-BOND ACTIVATION; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; LIMITING STEP; NAPHTHOQUINONE; PALLADIUM CATALYST; RE-OXIDATION; STRONG OXIDANTS; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS; TERMINAL ALKENES; UNACTIVATED OLEFINS;

AMINES; CATALYSTS; COORDINATION REACTIONS; KETONES; PALLADIUM; PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS; REACTION INTERMEDIATES;

OLEFINS;

ALKENE; CARBON; HYDROGEN; NAPHTHOQUINONE; OXIDIZING AGENT; PALLADIUM COMPLEX;

AMINATION; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ISOMERIZATION; OXIDATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNTHESIS;

ALKENES; AMINATION; AMINES; CATALYSIS; COORDINATION COMPLEXES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NAPHTHOQUINONES; PALLADIUM;

EID: 77956083490     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja1030936     Document Type: Article

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