title: Ruthenium-catalyzed oxidative C-H alkenylations of anilides and benzamides in water.
abstract: A cationic ruthenium(II) complex enabled efficient oxidative alkenylations of anilides in water as a green solvent and proved applicable to double C-H bond functionalizations of (hetero)aromatic amides with ample scope. Detailed studies provided strong support for a change of ruthenation mechanism in the two transformations, with an irreversible metalation as the key step in cross-dehydrogenative alkenylations of benzamides.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Organische und Biomolekulare Chemie, Georg-August-Universität, Tammannstrasse 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany. Lutz.Ackermann@chemie.uni-goettingen.de
authors.forename: Lutz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ackermann
authors.forename: Lianhui
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ratnakancana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wolfram
authors.forename: Alexander V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Lygin