Cobalt-catalyzed branched-selective addition of aromatic ketimines to styrenes under room-temperature conditions

• Main Authors: Dong, Jinghua, Lee, Pin-Sheng, Yoshikai, Naohiko
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99660; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17484
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

An improved cobalt-based catalytic system has been developed for the branched-selective addition of aromatic ketimines to styrenes. With an appropriate combination of triarylphosphine and the Grignard reagent, the reaction takes place smoothly at room temperature to afford 1,1-diarylethane derivativ...