title: Sequential ruthenium-catalyzed hydroamination and rhenium-catalyzed C-H bond activation leading to indene derivatives.
abstract: [reaction: see text] Formal [3 + 2] annulation of arylacetylenes and alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds is achieved in a one-pot reaction by successive treatment of the acetylenes with aniline and a catalytic amount of Ru(3)(CO)(12) and NH(4)PF(6) and C-H bond activation catalyzed by [ReBr(CO)(3)(thf)](2). The result suggests that the second rhenium-catalyzed indene formation is not disturbed by the first catalyst system.
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Tsushima, Japan. kuninobu@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuninobu
authors.forename: Yuta
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishina
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takai