Jianhong Su, Yiqun Zhou and Xin Xu
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2019,17, 2013-2019
DOI:
10.1039/C8OB02657B,
Paper
An atom- and step-economical C(sp3)–H addition of N,N-dimethyl anilines to various sterically demanding 1,1- and 1,2-disubstituted alkenes has been achieved by using a simple β-diketiminato ligand supported scandium dialkyl complex in combination with a borate compound. The corresponding C(sp3)–C(sp3) bond forming reaction occurs with excellent regioselectivities to give a variety of tertiary aromatic amines.