Patent ID: 6103937
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: C07C,C07D

Abstract:
A process for the production of unsaturated nitrogen containing compounds comprising:reacting a compound containing an --NH--or --NH.sub.2 -- functional group next to a carbon sp.sup.2 center with a compound of the formulaR.sub.1 R.sub.2 C.dbd.CR.sub.2 X or R.sub.3 --Xwhere X is either chloride, bromide or iodide;R.sub.1 is either hydrogen, an alkyl group or an aryl group;R.sub.2 is independently selected from hydrogen, methyl or trimethylsilyl; andR.sub.3 is an optionally substituted aryl group;in the presence of a stoichiometric amount of a base and a catalytic amount of a catalyst composition comprising a zero-valent nickel and an organophosphine ligand.