Ruthenium complex catalyzed direct ortho arylation and alkenylation of aromatic imines with organic halides.
[reaction: see text] The ortho position of the aromatic ring of imino group substituted aromatic compounds is directly arylated and alkenylated with organic halides in the presence of a catalytic amount of a ruthenium(II)-phosphine complex.
Oi
Shuichi
S
Department of Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8579, Japan. oishu@aporg.che.tohoku.ac.jp
Ogino
Yukako
Y
Fukita
Susumu
S
Inoue
Yoshio
Y