Rhodium(<scp>i</scp>)-catalyzed Pauson–Khand-type reaction using formic acid as a CO surrogate: an alternative approach for indirect CO₂ utilization

Abstract

As a bridging molecule for the conversion of CO₂ to CO, formic acid is successfully applied to rhodium-catalyzed carbo- and hetero-Pauson–Khand-type reactions, affording moderate to high yields of bicyclic cyclopentenones.