title: β-Alkyl Elimination: Fundamental Principles and Some Applications.
abstract: This review describes organometallic compounds and materials that are capable of mediating a rarely encountered but fundamentally important reaction: β-alkyl elimination at the metal-Cα-Cβ-R moiety, in which an alkyl group attached to the Cβ atom is transferred to the metal or to a coordinated substrate. The objectives of this review are to provide a cohesive fundamental understanding of β-alkyl-elimination reactions and to highlight its applications in olefin polymerization, alkane hydrogenolysis, depolymerization of branched polymers, ring-opening polymerization of cycloalkanes, and other useful organic reactions. To provide a coherent understanding of the β-alkyl elimination reaction, special attention is given to conditions and strategies used to facilitate β-alkyl-elimination/transfer events in metal-catalyzed olefin polymerization, which provide the well-studied examples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Center for Catalysis, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States.
authors.forename: Matthew E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: O'Reilly
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Center for Catalysis, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States.
authors.forename: Saikat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Center for Catalysis, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States.
authors.forename: Adam S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Veige