Cobalt-catalyzed electrooxidative C-H/N-H [4+2] annulation with ethylene or ethyne

Catalytic methodologies that incorporate commodity chemicals ethylene and ethyne into fine chemicals are quite limited. Here, the authors show a cobalt-catalyzed electrochemical C-H/N–H [4+2] annulation of aryl/vinyl amides with ethylene or ethyne to produce N-heterocycles in absence of oxidants.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shan Tang, Dan Wang, Yichang Liu, Li Zeng, Aiwen Lei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03246-4