Atom economical C-N and C-S bond forming reactions catalyzed by monomeric copper(I) complexes with amido and thiolate ligands

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Samuel A. Delp, sadelp@ncsu.edu1, Colleen Munro-Leighton, cmunro@ncsu.edu1, T. Brent Gunnoe, brent_gunnoe@ncsu.edu1, and Jeffrey L. Petersen2. (1) Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Box 8204, Raleigh, NC 27695-8204, (2) C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, PO BOX 6045, Morgantown, WV 26506
Monomeric copper(I) complexes that are coordinated by N-heterocyclic carbene or bisphosphine ligands and possess amido or thiolate ligands have previously been used to catalyze aza-, and thia-Michael reactions of alkyl and aryl amines or thiols. Extension of reactivity to vinyl arenes as well as possible enantioselective variants will be discussed.
 

Organometallic Catalysts
8:30 AM-12:20 PM, Sunday, August 19, 2007 BCEC -- 212, Oral

Division of Inorganic Chemistry

The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007