Mechanism of the Pd-catalyzed decarboxylative allylation of α-imino esters: Decarboxylation via free carboxylate ion

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 45, 2012, Pages 14527-14538

  Li, Zhe ^a   Jiang, Yuan Ye ^b   Yeagley, Andrew A ^c   Bour, James P ^c   Liu, Lei ^b,d   Chruma, Jason J ^c,e   Fu, Yao ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carboxylate ions; decarboxylative allylations; density functional calculations; palladium; reaction mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION BARRIERS; ALLYL LIGANDS; CARBOXYLATE ANIONS; CARBOXYLATE IONS; CATALYTIC CYCLES; DECARBOXYLATIVE ALLYLATIONS; DIBENZYLIDENEACETONE; ELECTRON-WITHDRAWING SUBSTITUENTS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; HAMMETT CORRELATION; LOW ACTIVATION; MINOR PRODUCTS; OVERALL REACTIONS; OXIDATIVE ADDITIONS; REACTION MECHANISM; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

ALLYLATION; BUTANE; CATALYSIS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; EXCITONS; IONS; LIGANDS; PALLADIUM; REACTION RATES;

CARBOXYLATION;

EID: 84868022367     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201201425     Document Type: Article

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