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The ortho -selective benzylic C(sp 3 )-H alkenylation of 2-methyl tertiary anilines with internal alkynes has been achieved for the first time by using a half-sandwich scandium catalyst. This protocol provides a straightforward route for the synthesis of a new family of 2-allylaniline derivatives, featuring broad substrate scope, 100% atom-efficiency, high yields, and high chemo-, regio-, and stereoselectivity.

The living isospecific-cis-1,4-polymerization and block-copolymerization of (E)-1,3-pentadiene with 1,3-butadiene have been achieved for the first time by using cationic half-sandwich scandium catalysts.

Here we report for the first time the regio‐ and diastereoselective [3+2] annulation of a wide range of aliphatic aldimines with alkenes via the activation of an unactivated β‐C(sp3)−H bond by half‐sandwich scandium catalysts. This protocol offers a straightforward and atom‐efficient route for the synthesis of a new family of multi‐substituted aminocyclopentane derivatives from easily accessible aliphatic aldimines and alkenes. The annulation of aldimines with styrenes exclusively afforded the 5‐aryl‐trans‐substituted 1‐aminocyclopentane derivatives with excellent diastereoselectivity through the 2,1‐insertion of a styrene unit. The annulation of aldimines with aliphatic alkenes selectively gave the 4‐alkyl‐trans‐substituted 1‐aminocyclopentane products in a 1,2‐insertion fashion. A catalytic amount of an appropriate amine such as adamantylamine (AdNH2) or dibenzylamine (Bn2NH) showed significant effects on the catalyst activity and stereoselectivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: The catalytic asymmetric construction of silicon‐stereogenic silanes is of great interest and significance, but has met with only limited success to date. We herein report the enantioselective hydrosilylation of alkenes with dihydrosilanes by a chiral half‐sandwich scandium catalyst, which constitutes an efficient and general route for the synthesis of a wide range of enantioenriched silicon‐stereogenic silanes from easily accessible starting materials. This reaction features a broad substrate scope, high yields, and high enantioselectivity. Some of the chiral tertiary silane products were also converted into valuable derivatives, such as chiral silanol, quaternary silane, and benzosilole compounds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The catalytic CH addition of pyridines to allenes has been achieved for the first time by using a half-sandwich scandium catalyst, thus constituting a straightforward and atom-economical route for the synthesis of alkenylated pyridine derivatives. The reaction proceeded regio- and stereoselectively, affording a new family of alkenylated pyridine compounds which are otherwise difficult to synthesize. A cationic Sc-η2-pyridyl species was isolated and confirmed to be a key catalyst species in this transformation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

By use of a half ‐ sandwich scandium dialkyl complex bearing cyclopentadienyl ligand with a phosphine oxide side arm [(C5Me4SiMe2CH2P(O)Ph2)Sc(CH2SiMe3)2] in the presence of [Ph3C][B(C6F5)4], the cyclocopolymerization of 1,6 ‐ heptadiene with styrene has been achieved for the first time to afford a new family of cyclopolyolefins containing a six ‐ membered ring (methylene ‐ 1,3 ‐ cyclohexane), a five ‐ membered ring (ethylene ‐ 1,2 ‐ cyclopentane), and styrene–styrene units. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A series of half-sandwich scandium-dialkyl complexes that bear various auxiliary ligands have been examined for the copolymerization of isoprene (IP) with nonconjugated α,ω-dienes such as 1,5-hexadiene (HD) and 1,6-heptadiene (HPD). Significant ligand influence on the catalytic activity and selectivity has been observed. The thf-coordinated complex [(C5Me4SiMe3)Sc(CH2SiMe3)2(thf)] ( 2) and the methoxy side arm containing the half-sandwich complex [(C5Me4C6H4OMe- o)Sc(CH2SiMe3)2] ( 3), in combination with an equivalent of [Ph3C][B(C6F5)4], can serve as excellent catalysts for the random cyclocopolymerizations of IP with HD and HPD. The resulting random HD-IP copolymers contain five-membered-ring methylene-1,3-cyclopentane (MCP), 3,4-polyisoprene (3,4-IP), and 1,4-polyisoprene (1,4-IP) units with controllable HD incorporation in a range of 17-82 mol %. The random HPD-IP copolymers possess six-membered-ring methylene-1,3-cyclohexane (MCH), 1,4-IP, and 3,4-IP units with HPD incorporation in a range of 11-55 mol %. By use of a catalyst that bears a phosphine oxide group [{C5Me4SiMe2CH2P(O)Ph2}Sc(CH2SiMe3)2] ( 5), the alternating copolymerizations of IP with HD and HPD have been achieved for the first time in which HD and HPD are completely cyclized to the MCP and MCH units, respectively. More remarkably, in the alternating copolymerization of HPD and IP by 5, the regio- and stereospecific cis-MCH selectivity reached as high as 99 %. The microstructures and compositions of these copolymers showed significant influences on their mechanical properties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Half‐sandwich rare‐earth dialkynyl complexes are of much interest in both structure and reactivity but have remained much underexplored to date. Here we report the synthesis and transformation of a new family of half‐sandwich dialkynyl complexes bearing the C5Me4SiMe3 ligand, which exhibited diverse structural features depending on metal ion size, alkyne substituent and with or without THF coordination. The acid‐base reactions between half‐sandwich rare earth dialkyl complexes (C5Me4SiMe3)Ln(CH2SiMe3)2(THF) (Ln=Sc, Y, Lu) and two equivalents of terminal alkynes such as phenylacetylene and trimethylsilylacetylene in THF generally gave the corresponding THF‐coordinated monomeric rare earth dialkynyl complexes, which upon recrystallization from toluene yielded further aggregated alkynyl complexes with partial or full dissociation of the THF ligands. In the case of phenylacetylene, trimeric yttrium and lutetium hexaalkynyl complexes were formed, in which each pair of the metal atoms was bridged by two alkynyl ligands in solid state but the alkynyl ligands underwent rapid site exchange in toluene solution. In the case of trimethylsilylacetylene with yttrium and lutetium, dimeric tetraalkynyl complexes bearing two terminal and two bridging alkynyl ligands were obtained from toluene. In contrast, recrystallization of the scandium trimethylsilylacetylide complex from toluene induced alkynyl coupling and yielded dimeric scandium complex with one butatrienediyl and two alkynyl bridging ligands. Upon dissolution in THF, all the aggregated alkynyl/butatrienediyl complexes were rapidly reconverted to the monomeric dialkynyl complexes as a result of THF coordination to the rare earth metal atoms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]