New Discoveries on the β-Hydride Elimination

• Main Author: Gøgsig, Thomas M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Organometallic chemistry.; Catalysis.; Organometallic Chemistry.

The work presented in Thomas M. Gøgsig's thesis deals with the discovery of new metal-catalyzed transformations ranging from Kumada-, Heck- and Suzuki-type reactions. The thesis starts with a formidable introduction to Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions. New results have been obtained on: (i...

Table of Contents:

• Background
• Palladium 1,2-migration in the Heck reaction
• Palladium 1,2-migration in the Negishi and Kumada coupling
• Stoichiometric studies on the palladium 1,2-migration
• Heteroaromatic tosylates in the regio-selective Heck reaction
• Cationic intermediates in the Ni(0)-catalyzed Heck reaction
• Carbonylative Heck reaction
• Conclusions.