Organic Letters · 2008 · 74 citations · 21 references
Chemical EngineeringStrained Aromatic PolycyclesEngineeringAlkene MetathesisCross-coupling ReactionAromatic CompoundsOrganic ChemistryOrganometallic CatalysisCatalysisChemistryHeterocycle ChemistryAsymmetric CatalysisNew PalladiumSynthetic ChemistryEnantioselective SynthesisBiomolecular EngineeringCascade Reactions
Two new palladium catalyzed cascade reactions involving a 4-exo-dig cyclocarbopalladation are described. These processes are shown to convert bromoenediynes and bromodienynes into strained aromatic compounds in a single step.
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