title: Nickel-catalyzed, carbonyl-ene-type reactions: selective for alpha olefins and more efficient with electron-rich aldehydes.
abstract: Described are several classes of unusual or unprecedented carbonyl-ene-type reactions, including those between alpha olefins and aromatic aldehydes. Catalyzed by nickel, these processes complement existing Lewis acid-catalyzed methods in several respects. Not only are monosubstituted alkenes, aromatic aldehydes, and tert-alkyl aldehydes effective substrates, but monosubstituted olefins also react faster than those that are more substituted, and large or electron-rich aldehydes are more effective than small or electron-poor ones. Conceptually, in the presence of a nickel-phosphine catalyst, the combination of off-the-shelf alkenes, silyl triflates, and triethylamine functions as a replacement for an allylmetal reagent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Chun-Yu
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Sze-Sze
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Timothy F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Jamison
mesh_terms: D000447:Aldehydes / Q000737:chemistry*; D000475:Alkenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D004583:Electrons; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D000475:Alkenes; D009532:Nickel