Fig. 2: Pincer cobalt-catalyzed alkene carbonylative sulfonylation.
From: Pincer-cobalt boosts divergent alkene carbonylation under tandem electro-thermo-catalysis

a, b Optimization studies. c Substrate scope investigation. Reaction conditions: radical electrophile (0.4 mmol, 2.0 equiv), alkene (0.2 mmol, 1.0 equiv), (hetero)aryl‒ZnOPiv (0.4 mmol, 2.0 equiv), CoI2 (10 mol %), bpp (L17, 11 mol %), CO (1 atm), 1,4-dioxane, @ 23 °C, 2 h. [a] Ar‒ZnOPiv (3.0 equiv). Note: The yields of symmetric ketone are in parentheses.