The Journal of organic chemistry

Mechanistic studies of Wacker-type intramolecular aerobic oxidative amination of alkenes catalyzed by Pd (OAc) 2/pyridine

X Ye, G Liu, BV Popp, SS Stahl

Index: Ye, Xuan; Liu, Guosheng; Popp, Brian V.; Stahl, Shannon S. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2011 , vol. 76, # 4 p. 1031 - 1044

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Abstract

Wacker-type oxidative cyclization reactions have been the subject of extensive research for several decades, but few systematic mechanistic studies of these reactions have been reported. The present study features experimental and DFT computational studies of Pd (OAc) 2/pyridine-catalyzed intramolecular aerobic oxidative amination of alkenes. The data support a stepwise catalytic mechanism that consists of (1) steady-state formation of a PdII ...