Novel Azine Reactivity: Facile NN Bond Cleavage, CH Activation, and NN Coupling Mediated by RhI†
Revital Cohen
Department of Organic Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel, Fax: (+972) 8-9344142
Search for more papers by this authorBoris Rybtchinski Dr.
Department of Organic Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel, Fax: (+972) 8-9344142
Search for more papers by this authorMark Gandelman
Department of Organic Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel, Fax: (+972) 8-9344142
Search for more papers by this authorLinda J. W. Shimon Dr.
Chemical Services Unit, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorJan M. L. Martin Prof. Dr.
Department of Organic Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel, Fax: (+972) 8-9344142
Search for more papers by this authorDavid Milstein Prof. Dr.
Department of Organic Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel, Fax: (+972) 8-9344142
Search for more papers by this authorRevital Cohen
Department of Organic Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel, Fax: (+972) 8-9344142
Search for more papers by this authorBoris Rybtchinski Dr.
Department of Organic Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel, Fax: (+972) 8-9344142
Search for more papers by this authorMark Gandelman
Department of Organic Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel, Fax: (+972) 8-9344142
Search for more papers by this authorLinda J. W. Shimon Dr.
Chemical Services Unit, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorJan M. L. Martin Prof. Dr.
Department of Organic Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel, Fax: (+972) 8-9344142
Search for more papers by this authorDavid Milstein Prof. Dr.
Department of Organic Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel, Fax: (+972) 8-9344142
Search for more papers by this authorThis work was supported by the Israel Science Foundation and by the MINERVA Foundation, Munich (Germany). We thank Yehoshoa Ben-David for technical assistance and Dr. Leonid Konstantinovsky for help with NMR measurements. D.M. is the holder of the Israel Matz Professorial Chair of Organic Chemistry.
Graphical Abstract
Eine beispiellose Umsetzung: Distickstoff-Rh-Pinzettenkomplexe reagieren mit Azinen mäßig katalytisch durch „nichtsymmetrische“ N-N-Spaltung zu den entsprechenden Nitrilen und Iminen (siehe Schema).
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