Concerted C-N and C-H bond formation in a magnesium-catalyzed hydroamination

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja108881s

Coordinatively saturated To^MMgMe (1; To^M = tris(4,4-dimethyl-2-oxazolinyl)phenylborate) is an active precatalyst for intramolecular hydroamination/cyclization at 50 °C. The empirical rate law of -d[substrate]/dt = k′_obs[Mg