Bimetallic nickel aluminum mediated para-selective alkenylation of pyridine: direct observation of eta2,eta1-pyridine Ni(0)-Al(III) intermediates prior to C-H bond activation

J Am Chem Soc. 2010 Sep 1;132(34):11887-9. doi: 10.1021/ja1061246.

Abstract

We have presented new amino-NHC Ni-Al complex mediated para C-H bond activation for pyridine and quinolin, and isolated for the first time the intermediate structure of a bimetallic eta(2),eta(1)-pyridine nickel aluminum complex prior to its C-H activation, which serves as key evidence for bimetallic catalysis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkylation
  • Alkynes / chemistry*
  • Aluminum / chemistry*
  • Catalysis
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nickel / chemistry*
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*
  • Pyridines / chemical synthesis*
  • Pyridines / chemistry*
  • Quinolines / chemistry

Substances

  • Alkynes
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Pyridines
  • Quinolines
  • Nickel
  • Aluminum
  • pyridine