@article { ISI:000340079800020,
	title = {2-Pyridonate Tantalum Complexes for the Intermolecular Hydroaminoalkylation of Sterically Demanding Alkenes},
	journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society},
	volume = {136},
	number = {31},
	year = {2014},
	month = {AUG 6},
	pages = {10898-10901},
	abstract = {<p>The design and synthesis of a mixed 2-pyridonate-Ta(NMe2)(3)Cl complex for the direct C-H alkylation adjacent to nitrogen in unprotected secondary amines are reported. The hydroaminoalkylation of sterically demanding internal alkenes gives the direct, catalytic formation of C(sp(3))-C(sp(3)) bonds. Substrate scope investigations reveal key strategies for further catalyst development efforts in this 100\% atom-economic synthesis of alpha-alkylated amines.</p>},
	issn = {0002-7863},
	doi = {10.1021/ja506187m},
	author = {Chong, Eugene and Brandt, Jason W. and Schafer, Laurel L.}
}
