Dedicated to Professor Walter S. Trahanovksy on the occasion of his 70th birthday
Abstract
Conjugate or Michael addition to vinyl-substituted aromatic N-heterocycles has been a useful synthetic method for the synthesis of functionalized heterocyclic compounds. A wide variety of heterocycles and nucleophiles undergo this chemistry. Recent work in this area has utilized transition-metal catalysts and some asymmetric synthesis has been accomplished. An overview of this chemistry is presented in this account.
1 Introduction
2 General Aspects
3 Carbon-Centered Nucleophiles
4 Nitrogen-Centered Nucleophile
5 Oxygen and Sulfur Nucleophiles
6 Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Reactions
7 Asymmetric Conjugate Addition
8 Summary and Outlook
Key words
Michael addition - heterocycles - catalysis - nucleophilic addition - transition metals