Organocatalytic Asymmetric Cyanosilylation of Nitroalkenes
A new catalyst type for a new reaction. The unprecedented cyanosilylation of nitroalkenes can be efficiently catalyzed by a bifunctional quinine derivative bearing tetra-alkylammonium cyanide and thiourea moieties. The activation of the nitroalkene by H-bonding to the...
Cyclometallation and Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Reactions of an Arylphosphine Ligand upon Coordination to {Ir(C5Me5)}
The cyclometallated compounds [(C5Me5)Ir(X){PMe(2,6-CH2(Me)C6H3)(2,6-Me2C6H3)}] (X=Cl, H, Me) have been synthesized in high yields and their potential for C-H activation demonstrated. Subsequent functionalization of these species has provided a series of complexes...