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Rhodium‐Catalyzed Synthesis of Trisubstituted Olefins from Ethene Derivatives and Diazoalkanes
Author(s) -
Wolf Justin,
Brandt Lutz,
Fries Arno,
Werner Helmut
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199005101
Subject(s) - catalysis , carbene , propene , rhodium , olefin fiber , styrene , chemistry , yield (engineering) , organic chemistry , medicinal chemistry , copolymer , materials science , metallurgy , polymer
Synthesis of square‐planar carbene complexes was the goal , but a novel catalytic olefin synthesis was the result. A mixture of diphenyldiazomethane and its derivatives 1 with ethene, propene, or styrene provided, in the presence of catalytic amounts of [{RhCl(C 2 H 4 ) 2 } 2 ], a good yield of the olefins 2 , with turnover numbers as high as 500 (R H, Me, Ph; R′ H, Me, Cl, etc.).