Rhenium-Catalyzed Hydroamidation of Unactivated Terminal Alkynes:  Synthesis of (<i>E</i>)-Enamides

Salprima Yudha S., Yoichiro Kuninobu, Kazuhiko Takai

Organic Letters · 2007 · 66 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

Reactions of cyclic amides with unactivated terminal alkynes in the presence of a catalytic amount of a rhenium complex provided (E)-enamides in high regio- and stereoselectivity (E:Z = >99:<1).

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