- Catalytic hydroalkylation of olefins by stabilized carbon nucleophiles promoted by dicationic platinum(II) and palladium(II) complexes
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The coordinated olefin in dicationic platinum(II) and palladium(II) complexes [M(PNP)(olefin)](SbF6)2 (M = Pt, Pd; PNP = 2,6-bis(diphenylphosphinomethyl)pyridine; olefin = ethylene, propylene) reacts with β-dicarbonyl compounds (pentane-2,4-dione and methyl-3-oxobutanoate). If the proton released after the nucleophilic attack is trapped by a base, stable σ-alkyl derivatives [(PNP)M-CH2-CH(R)CH(Ac)COR′] SbF6 (R = H, Me; R′ = Me, OMe) are formed; otherwise the M-C σ-bond can be cleaved by the proton, in the rate-determining step of a catalytic cycle that leads to the alkylated dicarbonyl compound. The β-diketone is intrinsically more reactive than the β-ketoester, but in the catalytic reaction of the former an inhibition effect is observed in the case of the platinum catalyst.
- Cucciolito, Maria E.,Damora, Angela,Vitagliano, Aldo
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experimental part
p. 5878 - 5884
(2011/02/23)
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