title: Rhodium(I)-catalyzed hydroaminomethylation of 2-isopropenylanilines as a novel route to 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolines.
abstract: A new atom economical approach for the preparation of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolines can be achieved by means of the intramolecular hydroaminomethylation of 2-isopropenylanilines, mediated by an ionic diamino rhodium catalyst that does not require phosphine--this reaction is highly chemo- and regioselective, and it occurs in good isolated yields.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie Curie, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5.
authors.forename: Tiago O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alper