Issue 29, 2012
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Chemical Communications

An unexpected disproportional reaction of 2H-azirines giving (1E,3Z)-2-aza-1,3-dienes and aromatic nitriles in the presence of nickel catalysts†

Kazuhiro Okamoto,a   Ayano Mashida,a   Masahito Watanabea  and  Kouichi Ohe*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
E-mail: ohe@scl.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Abstract

An unprecedented nickel-catalysed disproportional reaction of 2,3-diaryl-2H-azirines forming azabutadienes and aromatic nitriles was discovered. This reaction involves the cleavage of two bonds of the 2H-azirine framework, which provides a novel type of transformation of 2H-azirines.

Graphical abstract: An unexpected disproportional reaction of 2H-azirines giving (1E,3Z)-2-aza-1,3-dienes and aromatic nitriles in the presence of nickel catalysts

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC30745F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
02 Feb 2012
Accepted
22 Feb 2012
First published
23 Feb 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 3554-3556

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An unexpected disproportional reaction of 2H-azirines giving (1E,3Z)-2-aza-1,3-dienes and aromatic nitriles in the presence of nickel catalysts

K. Okamoto, A. Mashida, M. Watanabe and K. Ohe, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 3554 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC30745F

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