Issue 58, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Rhodium(i)-catalyzed N–CN bond cleavage: intramolecular β-cyanation of styrenes†

Rui Wang*a  and  John R. Falcka  

* Corresponding authors

a UT Southwestern Medical Center, Biochemistry, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX, USA
E-mail: Rui.Wang@utsouthwestern.edu, shairwang@gmail.com

Abstract

We report herein the first example of intramolecular cyanation of a styrene by a rhodium(I)-catalyzed N–CN cleavage reaction. Substituents on the arenes or the styrene alpha-position are tolerated. Our results demonstrate that alkene cyanation can indeed be atom economical.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC43597K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 May 2013
Accepted
28 May 2013
First published
30 May 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 6516-6518

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Rhodium(I)-catalyzed N–CN bond cleavage: intramolecular β-cyanation of styrenes

R. Wang and J. R. Falck, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 6516 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC43597K

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