Abstract
Catalytic α-olefination of alkylheteroarenes with primary alcohols via dehydrogenative coupling is presented. A simple nickel catalyst system stabilised by readily available nitrogen ligands enables a series of interesting E-configured vinylarenes (confirmed by X-ray crystal-structure analysis) to be synthesised in good to excellent yields with olefin/alkane selectivity of >20:1. Hydrogen and water are generated as byproducts and quantitative determination of H2 was performed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 7530-7533 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Chemical Communications |
Volume | 55 |
Issue number | 52 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |