A new catalytic activity of iron salts for intramolecular hydroamination is revealed. A number of aminoolefins underwent the reaction under mild conditions to form the corresponding pyrrolidine derivatives in good yield. The reaction displayed good functional‐group compatibility and resistance to air and moisture. (Ts=e‐toluenesulfonyl)

[reaction: see text] Rare-earth silylamides, Ln[N(SiMe3)2]3 (Ln = Y, La, Sm), catalyzed regio- and stereoselective dimerization of terminal alkynes in the presence of amine additives to give conjugated enynes in high yields. The additives played a crucial role to depress the oligomerization and to control the regio- and stereochemistry of the dimerization. Thus, the selectivity for (Z)-head-to-head enynes was increased in the order of tertiary < secondary < primary amine additives. On the other hand, the reversed order was observed for the formation of head-to-tail dimers. When alpha,omega-diynes were subjected to the dimerization, very novel cyclic bisenyne compounds were given through double-dimerization in satisfactory yields. In addition, an application of the system allowed subsequent hydrophosphination of the enynes generated in situ with diphenylphosphine, giving rise to 1-phosphinyl-1,3-dienes as the sole products in excellent yields after oxidative workup.

Intermolecular hydrophosphination of alkynes with diphenylphosphine is catalyzed by a Yb[bond]imine complex, [Yb(eta(2)-Ph(2)CNPh)(hmpa)(3)], to give alkenylphosphines and phosphine oxides after oxidative workup in good yields under mild conditions. This reaction is also applicable to various carbon[bond]carbon multiple bonds such as conjugated diynes and dienes, allenes, and styrene derivatives. Regio- and stereoselectivity and the scope and limitation of the present reaction clearly differ from those of the corresponding radical reaction. Instead, the reaction takes place through insertion of alkynes to a Yb[bond]PPh(2) species, followed by protonation. In fact, the Yb[bond]phosphido complex, [Yb(PPh(2))(2)(hmpa)(3)], is obtained from the imine complex and phosphine, which exhibits similar catalyst activity for the hydrophosphination. The empirical rate law is nu = k[catalyst](2) [alkyne](1)[phosphine](0) at least under the standard conditions.

The C(sp 3 )−C(sp 3 ) cross-coupling of alkyl halides with alkyl tosylates has been developed by employing a combination of nickel and nucleophilic cobalt catalysts in the presence of a manganese reductant. This method provides a straightforward route to a diverse set of not only secondary− primary but also primary−primary C(sp 3 )−C(sp 3 ) linkages under mild conditions without using alkyl-metallic reagents. Mechanistic studies suggest the formation of alkyl radicals from both alkyl halides and alkyl tosylates. Additionally, crosscoupling could be applied to the short-step synthesis of a histone deacetylase inhibitor, Vorinostat. KEYWORDS: C(sp 3 )−C(sp 3 ) cross-coupling, nickel catalyst, cobalt catalyst, alkyl tosylate, alkyl halide C (sp 3 )−C(sp 3 ) linkages are ubiquitous in a range of

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Fe(OTf)(3) effectively catalyzed intramolecular hydroarylation of aryl-substituted alkynes with electron-deficient arenes under mild conditions.

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Visible light irradiation of alkanes in acetonitrile with CuCl2 and FeCl3 catalysts under atmospheric dioxygen gave the corresponding alcohols and ketones effectively; in these reactions, the total selectivity of the products did not decrease so much with increase of alkane conversion. For example, cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone were formed with ca. 70% selectivity at 50% conversion, because overoxidation of the products took place more slowly than cyclohexane oxidation. The relative reactivity values of cycloalkanes increased as their ring-sizes decreased. In the oxidation of hexane, the reactivity ratio of C1-/C2-/C3-H was found to be 1.0/1.4/1.8 with CuCl2 and 1.0/4.6/6.6 with FeCl3, respectively. Toluene and diphenylmethane were more reactive than cyclohexane with FeCl3, as expected, whereas the alkane was oxidized faster than the benzylic compounds in the separate reaction with CuCl2. Moreover, the alkane oxidation could be comparably performed by sunlight instead of an artificial lamp.