Carbon-hydrogen bond activation of aromatic imines by(Cp*2SmH)(2)
“Carbon-hydrogen bond activation of aromatic imines by(Cp*2SmH)(2)”, Organometallics, 1996, 15(19), 3913-3915.
Treatment of (Cp*2SmH)(2) with 2-phenyl-1-pyrroline forms product 1, via ortho-metalation. Complex 1 was characterized spectroscopically and by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The C-H bond activation reaction also occurs for acyclic aromatic ketimines and aldimines.