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Addition of S-H bonds across electron-deficient olefins catalyzed by well-defined copper(I) thiolate complexes
Samuel A Delp1, Colleen Munro-Leighton, Laurel A Goj
1Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8204, USA.
Abstract:
A series of monomeric (NHC)Cu(SR) (R = Ph or CH2Ph; NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) complexes have been synthesized and fully characterized including single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies. These complexes catalyze the addition of S-H bonds across electron-deficient olefins to regioselectively produce "anti-Markovnikov" products.
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