Room-Temperature Intermolecular Hydroamination of Vinylarenes Catalyzed by Alkali-Metal Ferrate Complexes.

ABSTRACT: Alkene hydroamination of multiple bonds represents a valuable and atom-economical approach to accessing amines, using simple and widely available starting materials. This reaction requires a metal catalyst, and despite the success of noble transition metals, s-block, or f-block elements, iron organometallic complexes have found limited applications. Partnering iron with an alkali metal and switching on bimetallic cooperativity, we report the synthesis and characterization of a series of highly reactive alkali-metal alkyl ferrate complexes, which can deprotonate amines and activate them toward the catalytic hydroamination of vinylarenes. An alkali-metal effect has been observed, with the sodium analogue being the best for an efficient hydroamination of different styrene derivatives and amin

SUBMITTER: Tortajada A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11803465 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature