Organic Chemistry Portal

Abstracts

Search:

Cationic Iridium Complex-Catalyzed Intermolecular Hydroalkylation of Unactivated Alkenes with 1,3-Diketones

Ryo Takeuchi*, Jun Sagawa, Masaki Fujii, Masaki Fujii

*Department of Chemistry and Biological Science, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan, Email: takeuchichem.aoyama.ac.jp

R. Takeuchi, J. Sagawa, M. Fujii, M. Fujii, J. Waser, Org. Lett., 2019, 21, 741-744.

DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b03975



see article for more reactions

Abstract

A cationic iridium catalyst enables an intermolecular hydroalkylation of 1,3-diketones with unactivated terminal alkenes under neutral conditions to provide Markovnikov products in good yield.

see article for more examples



Key Words

active methylenes


ID: J54-Y2019