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**Alkene and Olefin Functionalization by**

**Alkene and Olefin Functionalization by** 

**Zirconocenes: Mechanisms and Prospects**

**Zirconocenes: Mechanisms and Prospects**

Lyudmila V. Parfenova, Pavel V. Kovyazin,

Lyudmila V. Parfenova, Pavel V. Kovyazin, Tatyana V. Tyumkina, Leonard M. Khalilov

Usein M. Dzhemilev

**Abstract**

considered.

**1. Introduction**

and Usein M. Dzhemilev

Tatyana V. Tyumkina, Leonard M. Khalilov and

Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.69319

**Organoaluminum Compounds, Catalyzed with**

**Organoaluminum Compounds, Catalyzed with** 

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Insertion of various functional groups into the molecules is one of the central problems of organic chemistry. In this regard, alkene and olefin double bonds are often considered as possible

Alkene and olefin functionalization via addition of electro‐ or nucleophilic reagents is one of the convenient synthetic methods for the insertion of heteroatoms into organic molecules. The use of organometallic reagents in these reactions in combination with the specific catalysts provides high substrate conversion and process selectivity. The intro‐ duction of this approach into the chemistry of organoaluminum compounds leads to the development of chemo‐, regio‐ and stereoselective catalytic methods of alkene and ole‐ fin functionalization. The chapter focuses on the modern concepts of the alkene hydro‐, carbo‐ and cycloalumination mechanisms, that is, the experimental and theoretical data on the intermediate structures involved in the product formation, the effects of the cata‐ lyst and organoaluminum compound structure, reaction conditions on the activity and selectivity of the bimetallic systems. The prospects of the development of enantioselec‐ tive methods using these catalytic systems for the alkene and olefin transformations are

**Keywords:** hydrometalation, carbometalation, cyclometalation, zirconocenes, organoaluminum compounds, reaction mechanism, asymmetric catalysis

**Chapter 2**

**Provisional chapter**
