Ligand-Free Ag(I)-Catalyzed Carboxylation of Terminal Alkynes with CO<sub>2</sub>

Xiǎo Zhang, Wen‐Zhen Zhang, Xiang Ren, Lin-Lin Zhang, Xiao‐Bing Lu

Organic Letters · 2011 · 199 citations · 74 references

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Abstract

A convenient approach to selectively prepare a wide range of functionalized propiolic acids was developed by AgI-catalyzed carboxylation of terminal alkynes using carbon dioxide as carboxylative agent under ligand-free conditions.

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