Copper-catalyzed Z-selective semihydrogenation of alkynes with hydrosilane: a convenient approach to cis-alkenes
作者:Guang-Hui Wang、Huai-Yu Bin、Miao Sun、Shu-Wei Chen、Ji-Hong Liu、Chong-Min Zhong
DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2014.01.053
日期:2014.3
A copper catalyst generated in situ from widely available copper salt and imidazolium salt in the presence of t-BuOK showed high efficiency for the semihydrogenation of a wide range of internal and terminal alkynes to their corresponding alkenes without obvious over-reduction. Functional groups, such as hydroxyl, nitro, halides, and amino, etc. were tolerated. The Z/E ratios of the obtained alkenes were generally >99%. Finally, semireduction of bulky alkynes also went smoothly. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.