Highly chemo- and regio-selective [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition of unsymmetrical 1,6-diynes with terminal alkynes catalyzed by Cp*Ru(cod)Cl under mild conditions

Yoshihiko Yamamoto, Ryuji Ogawa, Kenji Itoh

Chemical Communications · 2000 · 88 citations · 14 references

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Abstract

Ru(II)-catalyzed cycloaddition of unsymmetrical 1,6-diynes gives the desired cycloadducts in high yields with a regioselectivity meta∶ortho = 88∶12–98∶2.

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