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

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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: [1]

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 nickel [3] [4] [5] and cobalt. [6] [7] [8]

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]

A Murai reaction (X = directing group, typically X = O). Figure 1. General scheme of a Murai reaction.png
A Murai reaction (X = directing group, typically X = O).

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]

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