Rhodium-Catalyzed Carbonylation of 2-Alkynylbenzaldehyde under Water-Gas Shift Reaction Conditions: Formation of Novel Tricyclic Lactones

T. SUGIOKA, Shiwei Zhang, Noritsugu Morii, Takashi Joh, Shigetoshi Takahashi

Chemistry Letters · 1996 · 18 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

Abstract Rhodium complexes catalyze carbonylation of 2-alkynylbenzaldehyde 1 under water-gas shift reaction conditions to give novel lactone 2 as a major product (up to 59% yield), the structure of which is a tricyclic ring system.

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