Direct mono-insertion of isocyanides into terminal alkynes catalyzed by rare-earth silylamides.
Rare-earth silylamide complexes, Ln[N(SiMe3)2]3 (Ln = Y, La, Sm, Yb), effectively catalyzed the coupling reaction of isocyanides with both aliphatic and aromatic terminal alkynes under mild conditions.
Komeyama
Kimihiro
K
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan. kkome@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Sasayama
Daisuke
D
Kawabata
Tomonori
T
Takehira
Katsuomi
K
Takaki
Ken
K