Publications by authors named "Elise Romain"

The regio- and stereoselective addition of germanium and zinc across the C-C triple bond of nitrogen-, sulfur-, oxygen-, and phosphorus-substituted terminal and internal alkynes is achieved by reaction with a combination of RGeH and EtZn. Diagnostic experiments support a radical-chain mechanism and the β-zincated vinylgermanes that show exceptional stability are characterized by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. The unique feature of this new radical germylzincation reaction is that the C(sp)-Zn bond formed remains available for subsequent in situ Cu(I)- or Pd(0)-mediated C-C or C-heteroatom bond formation with retention of the double bond geometry.

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Zinc reagents (Me2PhSi)2Zn and [(Me3Si)3Si]2Zn undergo highly regio- and stereoselective addition across the carbon-carbon triple bond of nitrogen-, sulfur-, oxygen-, and phosphorus-substituted terminal alkynes in the absence of copper or any other catalyst. Both reagents yield exclusively β-isomers, and the stereoselectivity is determined by the silyl group: Me2PhSi for cis or (Me3Si)3Si for trans. These stereodivergent silylzincation protocols offer an efficient access to heteroatom-substituted vinylsilanes with either double bond geometry, including trisubstituted vinylsilanes by one-pot electrophilic substitution of the intermediate C(sp(2))-Zn bond by copper(I)-mediated carbon-carbon bond formation.

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The silylzincation of terminal ynamides is achieved through a radical-chain process involving (Me3Si)3SiH and R2Zn. A potentially competing polar mechanism is excluded on the basis of diagnostic control experiments. The unique feature of this addition across the C≡C bond is its trans selectivity.

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