Allyl cyanamide complex

Palladium-mediated cydization based on the reactivity of o-alkynyl or alkenyl-phenyl isonitriles have been developed [105]. On the basis of their earlier studies on the three-component synthesis of allyl aryl cyanamides [106], Yamamoto and co-workers reported a palladium-catalyzed three-component coupling reaction of 2-alkynylisocyanobenzenes 122 with allyl methyl carbonate and trimethylsilylazide leading to N-cyanoindoles 125 [107]. One of the key steps of the proposed mechanism is the formation of 7i-allylpalladium carbodiimide 123 and its isomerization to rc-allylpalladium cyanamide complex 124 (Scheme 8.50). 

Kamijo and Yamamoto developed a palladium-catalyzed three-component synthesis of N-cyanoindoles (131) (Scheme 5.39) [81]. The reaction of a 2-alkynyliso-cyanobenzene (132), allyl methyl carbonate, and trimethylsilylazide in the presence of Pd2(dba)3 (2.5 mol%) and tri(2-furyl)phosphine (10 mol%) at 100 °C afforded the N-cyanoindoles 131 in good yield. Key steps of this reaction involved the formation of jt-allylpalladium complex 133, its Curtius-like rearrangement to intermediate 134, and subsequent isomerization to the Jt-allylpalladium cyanamide complex 135. A wide range of functional groups is tolerated at the para, meta, and even ortho positions of the aromatic ring. 

Unusual species have been obtained from the reaction between dialkyl cyanamides and [Ni(CO)4], which form [Ni(CO)R2NCN]2 complexes, (R = CH3, C2H5) for which a pseudo-ir-allylic structure (XLV) has been... 

Apart from the jr-allyl ligands there are several groups whose bonding to the metal contains M-C bonds and which are 3-electron ligands. For example, treatment of nickel carbonyl with dialkyl cyanamides gives dimeric complexes for which structure 2.28 has been proposed [89]. 

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