Directed C–H alkenylation of aryl imines with alkenyl phosphates promoted by a cobalt–N‐heterocyclic carbene catalyst

• Main Authors: Lee, Pin-Sheng, Xu, Wengang, Yoshikai, Naohiko
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: C–H Functionalization; C–C Bond Formation; DRNTU::Science::Chemistry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90280; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48491
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We report herein an ortho‐C–H alkenylation reaction of aryl imines with alkenyl phosphates promoted by a cobalt–N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalytic system. While commercially available bulky NHC ligands exhibited only modest catalytic activity, elaboration of the nitrogen substituents and backbon...