Mesoionic Carbene-Gold(I) Catalyzed Bis-Hydrohydrazination of Alkynes with Parent Hydrazine

Daniel R Tolentino; Liqun Jin; Mohand Melaimi; Guy Bertrand

doi:10.1002/asia.201403408

Mesoionic Carbene-Gold(I) Catalyzed Bis-Hydrohydrazination of Alkynes with Parent Hydrazine

Chem Asian J. 2015 Oct;10(10):2139-42. doi: 10.1002/asia.201403408. Epub 2015 Feb 5.

Authors

Daniel R Tolentino¹, Liqun Jin¹, Mohand Melaimi¹, Guy Bertrand²

Affiliations

¹ UCSD-CNRS Joint Research Chemistry Laboratory (UMI 3555), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0343, USA.
² UCSD-CNRS Joint Research Chemistry Laboratory (UMI 3555), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0343, USA. guybertrand@ucsd.edu.

PMID: 25597889
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201403408

Abstract

A novel synthetic route gives access to mesoionic carbene and cyclopropenylidene supported gold chloride complexes. The corresponding cationic MIC-gold complex obtained by chloride abstraction allows for the first transition metal-catalyzed functionalization of both nitrogens of parent hydrazine.

Keywords: cyclopropenylidene; gold; hydrazine; hydroamination; mesoionic carbene.