title: Rhodium(I)-catalyzed N-CN bond cleavage: intramolecular β-cyanation of styrenes.
abstract: We report herein the first example of intramolecular cyanation of a styrene by a rhodium(I)-catalyzed N-CN cleavage reaction. Substituents on the arenes or the styrene alpha-position are tolerated. Our results demonstrate that alkene cyanation can indeed be atom economical.
authors.affiliation: UT Southwestern Medical Center, Biochemistry, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX, USA. Rui.Wang@utsouthwestern.edu
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Falck
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D003486:Cyanides / Q000737:chemistry*; D012238:Rhodium / Q000737:chemistry*; D020058:Styrene / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D003486:Cyanides; D020058:Styrene; D012238:Rhodium