Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
Abstract:
Intermolecular hydroamination of alkynes catalyzed by Ti(NMe2)4 was much improved with N-heterocyclic carbenes and LiN(SiMe3)2, by which high Markovnikov selectivity was attained for the coupling of nearly all alkynes and amines.