title: Anti-Markovnikov hydroamination and hydrothiolation of electron-deficient vinylarenes catalyzed by well-defined monomeric copper(I) amido and thiolate complexes.
abstract: Monomeric Cu(I) amido and thiolate complexes that are supported by the N-heterocyclic carbene ligand 1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene (IPr) catalyze the hydroamination and hydrothiolation of electron-deficient vinylarenes with reactivity patterns that are consistent with an intermolecular nucleophilic addition of the amido/thiolate ligand of (IPr)Cu(XR) (X = NH or S; R = Ph, CH2Ph) to free vinylarene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-8204, USA.
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Munro-Leighton
authors.forename: Samuel A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Delp
authors.forename: Nikki M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Alsop
authors.forename: Elizabeth D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Blue
authors.forename: T Brent
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Gunnoe