A dinuclear ruthenium catalyst with a confined cavity: selectivity in the addition of aliphatic carboxylic acids to phenylacetylene
作者:Kwong-Chak Cheung、Wing-Leung Wong、Ming-Him So、Zhong-Yuan Zhou、Siu-Cheong Yan、Kwok-Yin Wong
DOI:10.1039/c2cc38454j
日期:——
A dinuclear ruthenium catalyst with a rigid anthracene spacer shows excellent regio- and stereo-selectivity in the atom-economic addition of aliphatic carboxylic acids to phenylacetylene, producing exclusively anti-Markovnikov enol-esters with high E/Z ratios of the isomers.