Activation of olefins with low-valent gallium compounds under ambient conditions

Christine A Caputo; Zhongliang Zhu; Zachary D Brown; James C Fettinger; Philip P Power

doi:10.1039/c1cc11676b

Activation of olefins with low-valent gallium compounds under ambient conditions

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Jul 14;47(26):7506-8. doi: 10.1039/c1cc11676b. Epub 2011 May 31.

Authors

Christine A Caputo¹, Zhongliang Zhu, Zachary D Brown, James C Fettinger, Philip P Power

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, The University of California, 1 Shields Ave., Davis, CA, USA.

PMID: 21629888
DOI: 10.1039/c1cc11676b

Abstract

The reactions of Ar'GaGaAr' (Ar' = C(6)H(3)-2,6-(C(6)H(3)-2,6-(i)Pr(2))(2)) with alkenes revealed the addition of two olefins per Ar'GaGaAr' under ambient conditions for ethylene, propene, 1-hexene and styrene but no reactions with more hindered or cyclic olefins.