Heavier Group 2 metals and intermolecular hydroamination: a computational and synthetic assessment

…, MS Hill, P Hunt, PA Procopiou

Index: Crimmin, Mark R.; Arrowsmith, Merle; Barrett, Anthony G. M.; Casely, Ian J.; Hill, Michael S.; Procopiou, Panayiotis A. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009 , vol. 131, # 28 p. 9670 - 9685

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Abstract

A density functional theory assessment of the use of the group 2 elements Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba for the intermolecular hydroamination of ethene indicated that the efficiency of the catalysis is dependent upon both the polarity and the deformability of the electron density within the metal-substituent bonds of key intermediates and transition states. The validity of this analysis was supplemented by a preliminary study of the use of group 2 amides for ...