title: Allylic-type diindium reagents. Reactivity toward electrophiles and cascade coupling reactions with imines.
abstract: The allylic-type diindium reagents A and B were prepared from 3-bromo-1-iodopropene (1a) and 4-bromo-2-iodobut-2-ene (1b), respectively, and their reactions with electrophiles were investigated. The diindium reagents A and B were initially reacted with imines and the resulting vinylindium compounds were then treated with organic halides in the presence of Pd(PPh(3))(4) to give linear N-aryl and N-tosyl homoallylic amines. Diindium A is stable in a small amount of water in solvent, whereas B is easily protonated to give a crotylindium reagent. The reaction of B with benzaldehyde gives mainly the 1,3- and 1,5-diols via a spontaneous coupling with two molecules of the aldehyde, in contrast to A, which reacts with one molecule of carbonyl compounds to give the vinylindium compounds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan. hirasita@ach.nitech.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tsunehisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirashita
authors.forename: Yousuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Kazuma
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mitsui
authors.forename: Shuki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Araki