An Efficient Metal-Catalyzed Hydroalkylation
Magnus Rueping,* Boris J. Nachtsheim and Alexander Kuenkel
*Institute of Organic Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Johann-Wolfgang Goethe
University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Str. 7, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany, Email:
m.rueping
chemie.uni-frankfurt.de
M. Rüping, B. J. Nachtsheim, A. Künkel, Synlett, 2007, 1391-1394.
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-980363
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Abstract
An efficient bismuth-catalyzed hydroalkylation of various styrenes, norbornene, and cyclohexadiene with 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds provides the corresponding alkylated pentanediones in good yields after short reaction times.
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Key Words
hydroalkylation, hydroarylation, benzylation, bismuth, C-H activation, catalysis, styrenes, alkenes
ID: J60-Y2007-1820
