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Hydrovinylation

In organic chemistry, hydrovinylation is the formal insertion of an alkene into the C-H bond of ethylene (H2C=CH2):

CH2=CHR + CH2=CH2 → CH3−CHR−CH=CH2

The more general reaction, hydroalkenylation, is the formal insertion of an alkene into the C-H bond of any terminal alkene. The reaction is catalyzed by metal complexes. A representative reaction is the conversion of styrene and ethylene to 3-phenybutene:

PhCH = CH 2 + CH 2 = CH 2 ⟶ H − CH 2 − CH ( Ph ) − CH = CH 2 {\displaystyle {\ce {PhCH=CH2}}+{\color {red}{\ce {CH2=CH2}}}\longrightarrow {\color {red}{\ce {H -}}}{\ce {CH2-CH(Ph)}}{\color {red}{\ce {-CH=CH2}}}}
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Ethylene dimerization

The dimerization of ethylene which gives 1-butene is another example of a hydrovinylation. In the Dimersol and Alphabutol Processes, alkenes are dimerized for the production of gasoline and for comonomers such as 1-butene. These processes operate at several refineries across the world at the scales of about 400,000 tons/year (2006 report).2 1-Butene is amenable to isomerization to 2-butenes, which is used in olefin conversion technology to give propylene.

In organic synthesis

The addition can be done highly regio- and stereoselectively, although the choices of metal, ligands, and counterions often play very important role. Many metals have also been demonstrated to form active catalysts, including nickel345 and cobalt.678

In a stoichiometric version of a hydrovinylation reaction, nucleophiles add to an electrophilic transition metal alkene complex, forming a C-C bond. The resulting metal alkyl undergoes beta-hydride elimination, liberating the vinylated product.9

Hydroarylation

Hydroarylation is again a special case of hydrovinylation. Hydroarylation has been demonstrated for alkyne and alkene substrates. An early example was provided by the Murai reaction, which involves the insertion of alkenes into a C-H bond of acetophenone. The keto group directs the regiochemistry, stabilizing an aryl intermediate.10

When catalyzed by palladium carboxylates, a key step is electrophilic aromatic substitution to give a Pd(II) aryl intermediate.11 Gold behaves similarly.12 Hydropyridination is a similar reaction, but entails addition of a pyridyl-H bond to alkenes and alkynes.13

See also

References

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  10. Murai, Shinji; Kakiuchi, Fumitoshi; Sekine, Shinya; Tanaka, Yasuo; Kamatani, Asayuki; Sonoda, Motohiro; Chatani, Naoto (1993-12-09). "Efficient catalytic addition of aromatic carbon-hydrogen bonds to olefins". Nature. 366 (6455): 529–531. Bibcode:1993Natur.366..529M. doi:10.1038/366529a0. S2CID 5627826. /wiki/Bibcode_(identifier) ↩

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  12. Shen, Hong C. (2008). "Recent advances in syntheses of heterocycles and carbocycles via homogeneous gold catalysis. Part 1: Heteroatom addition and hydroarylation reactions of alkynes, allenes, and alkenes". Tetrahedron. 64 (18): 3885–3903. doi:10.1016/j.tet.2008.01.081. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩

  13. Li, Yuexuan; Deng, Gongda; Zeng, Xiaoming (2016). "Chromium-Catalyzed Regioselective Hydropyridination of Styrenes". Organometallics. 35 (5): 747–750. doi:10.1021/acs.organomet.5b01021. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩