Rhenium-catalyzed diastereoselective synthesis of aminoindanes via the insertion of allenes into a C-H bond.
Aminoindane derivatives were synthesized diastereoselectively by the treatment of aromatic imines with allenes in the presence of a catalytic amount of a rhenium complex, [HRe(CO)(4)](n). The allenes inserted into the aromatic C-H bonds.
Kuninobu
Yoichiro
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Division of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Okayama University, Tsushima, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan. kuninobu@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp
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Peng
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Takai
Kazuhiko
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