Département de chimie moléculaire

Anti-Bredt di(amino)carbene supported gold(I) chloride complexes are readily prepd. in two steps from the corresponding isocyanide complexes. In the presence of KB(C6F5)4 as chloride scavenger, they promote the unprecedented hydroarylation reaction of alkenes, e.g., $\alpha$-methylsytyrene, with N,N-dialkylanilines, e.g., N,N-dimethylaniline, with high para-selectivity. The latter are challenging arenes for Friedel-Craft reactions, due to their high basicity. [on SciFinder(R)]