NEW C-N-C BOND FORMATION REACTION USING NITROGENATION-TRANSMETALLATION PROCESS. NOVEL RING CONSTRUCTION OF INDOLE AND QUINOLINE DERIVATIVES.
Ketones and aryl or vinyl halides couple to give divinyl- or arylvinylamines in the presence of the titaniumisocyanate complex (1) and a palladium catalyst, via transmetallation of the titano imine complex (3) with aryl- or vinylpalladium bromide.