Efficient addition of alcohols, amines and phenol to unactivated alkenes by AuIII or PdII stabilized by CuCl2

Xin Zhang; Avelino Corma

doi:10.1039/B714617E

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Efficient addition of alcohols, amines and phenol to unactivated alkenes by Au^III or Pd^II stabilized by CuCl₂†

Xin Zhang^a and Avelino Corma*^a

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^a Instituto de Tecnología Química, UPV-CSIC, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Avda. de los Naranjos s/n, Valencia, (Spain)
E-mail: acorma@itq.upv.es
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Abstract

The nucleophilic addition of alcohols, amines and phenol to unactivated alkenes catalyzed by cationic gold and palladium becomes limited due to the fast reduction into metallic gold under reaction conditions. The presence of CuCl₂ retards the reduction of Au^III and Pd^II, strongly increasing the turnover number of gold and palladium catalysts. It is shown that new Au^III–CuCl₂ and Pd^II–CuCl₂ catalysts are active and selective for the nucleophilic addition of alcohols, amines and phenol to unactivated alkenes.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B714617E
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 21 Sep 2007
Accepted: 19 Nov 2007
First published: 12 Dec 2007

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Dalton Trans., 2008, 397-403

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Efficient addition of alcohols, amines and phenol to unactivated alkenes by Au^III or Pd^II stabilized by CuCl₂

X. Zhang and A. Corma, Dalton Trans., 2008, 397 DOI: 10.1039/B714617E

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