Nickel-catalysed retro-hydroamidocarbonylation of aliphatic amides to olefins

Jiefeng Hu; Minyan Wang; Xinghui Pu; Zhuangzhi Shi

doi:10.1038/ncomms14993

Nature Communications (May 2017)

Nickel-catalysed retro-hydroamidocarbonylation of aliphatic amides to olefins

Jiefeng Hu,
Minyan Wang,
Xinghui Pu,
Zhuangzhi Shi

Affiliations

Jiefeng Hu: State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
Minyan Wang: State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
Xinghui Pu: State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
Zhuangzhi Shi: State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14993
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Converting the normally highly stable amide bond into different functionalities is a challenging task. Here the authors report a nickel-catalysed retro-hydroamidocarbonylation procedure, allowing the conversion of aliphatic amides into alkenes across a range of substrates.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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