Cooperative catalytic activation of Si-H bonds by a polar Ru-S bond: Regioselective low-temperature c-h silylation of indoles under neutral conditions by a Friedel-crafts mechanism

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3312-3315

  Klare, Hendrik F T ^a,b   Oestreich, Martin ^a   Ito, Jun Ichi ^b   Nishiyama, Hisao ^b   Ohki, Yasuhiro ^b   Tatsumi, Kazuyuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDED BASE; C-H FUNCTIONALIZATION; CATALYTIC ACTIVATION; CO-ORDINATIVELY UNSATURATED; DIHYDROGEN; ELECTROPHILES; ELECTROPHILIC AROMATIC SUBSTITUTIONS; FRIEDEL-CRAFTS; LOW TEMPERATURES; NEUTRAL CONDITIONS; REGIO-SELECTIVE; RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES; SI-H BONDS; SILYLATIONS; STERIC CONTROL; SULFUR ATOMS;

RUTHENIUM; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFUR;

SILICON;

CARBON; ELECTROPHILE; HYDROGEN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; RUTHENIUM; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDROGENATION; FRIEDEL CRAFTS REACTION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTON TRANSPORT; SILYLATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 79952609033     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja111483r     Document Type: Article

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