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Exploring the Limits of π-Acid Catalysis Using Strongly Electrophilic Main Group Metal Complexes: The Case of Zinc and Aluminium

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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 26, Issue 56, Pages 12831-12838

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WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202001376

Keywords

alkynes; aluminium; carbonyl-ene metathesis; cycloisomerization; NHC ligand; zinc

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  1. China Scholarship Council (CSC)
  2. CNRS
  3. MESRI
  4. Universite Paris-Sud
  5. ANR [ANR-18-CE07-0033-01]
  6. Ecole Polytechnique
  7. Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [ANR-18-CE07-0033] Funding Source: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)

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The catalytic activity of cationic NHC-Zn(II)and NHC-Al-III(NHC=N-heterocyclic carbene) complexes in reactions that require the electrophilic activation of soft C-C pi bonds has been studied. The former proved able to act as a soft pi-Lewis acid in a variety of transformations. The benefit of the bulky IPr NHC ligand was demonstrated by comparison with simple ZnX(2)salts. The tested NHC-Al(III)catalyst is not able to activate C-C pi bonds but simple AlX(2)(+)ions were found potent in some cases.

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