title: Ru-catalyzed hydroamidation of alkenes and cooperative aminocarboxylation procedure with chelating formamide.
abstract: [reaction: see text] A strategy of chelation-assisted activation of formamide was employed to achieve hydroamidation of alkenes to generate one-carbon-elongated amides in moderate to good selectivity and yields. Also reported is the two-metal-catalyzed cooperative aminocarboxylation of aryl iodides, in which Ru is presumed to catalyze decarbonylation of formamide to release carbon monoxide and amine for the subsequent Pd-catalyzed aminocarboxylation routes, thus enabling the net transformation to be performed in the absence of external CO pressure.
authors.affiliation: Center for Molecular Design and Synthesis (CMDS), Department of Chemistry and School of Molecular Science (BK21), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 305-701, Korea.
authors.forename: Sangwon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Hoon
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Sukbok
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chang