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Facile Preparation of 2Z,4E-Dienamides by the Olefination of Electron-deficient Alkenes with Allyl Acetate
Published on: June 21, 2017
Cp*Rh(III)-Catalyzed Low Temperature C-H Allylation of N-Aryl-trichloro Acetimidamide
Suvankar Debbarma1, Sourav Sekhar Bera1, Modhu Sudan Maji1
1Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur , Kharagpur 721302, India.
Abstract:
The readily synthesized trichloro acetimidamide was found to be an excellent directing group for the directed C-H-allylation reactions. Depending on the allylating agent used, selectively either mono- or diallylated products were readily synthesized. Moreover, the trichloro acetimidamide directing group was found to be highly efficient even at lower temperature for the C-H-allylation reaction. Due to mildness of the reaction conditions, double bond isomerization or cyclization to indole side product was not observed.
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