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Highly regioselective carbonylation of unactivated C(sp3)-H bonds by ruthenium carbonyl
Hasegawa, Nao,Charra, Valentine,Inoue, Satoshi,Fukumoto, Yoshiya,Chatani, Naoto
, p. 8070 - 8073 (2011/07/08)
The regioselective carbonylation of unactivated C(sp3)-H bonds of aliphatic amides was achieved using Ru3(CO)12 as a catalyst. The presence of a 2-pyridinylmethylamine moiety in the amide is crucial for a successful reaction. The reaction shows a preference for C-H bonds of methyl groups as opposed to methylene C-H bonds and tolerates a variety of functional groups. The stoichiometric reaction of an amide with Ru 3(CO)12 gave a dinuclear ruthenium complex in which the 2-pyridinylmethylamino moiety was coordinated to the ruthenium center in an N,N manner.