Qiu Sun, Peipei Xie, Dan Yuan, Yuanzhi Xia and Yingming Yao
Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 7401-7404
DOI:
10.1039/C7CC03263C,
Communication
In situ generated cationic zirconium complexes stabilized by amine-bridged bis(phenolato) ligands have been developed to catalyse C(sp3)–H addition of alkyl pyridines to olefins, which are the first examples of group 4 metal based catalysts in this transformation. Ligand-controlled regioselectivity was observed, which was verified by DFT study.