4-Bis(trimethylsilyl)buta-1,3-diyne in the presence of GaCl3 reacts with aromatic hydrocarbons at −90 to −100 °C yielding 2-arylbut-1-en-3-ynes; the reactions exhibit an unusually high tendency to alkenylate the o-position of alkyl substituents; toluene, ethylbenzene and isopropylbenzene react predominantly to exclusively at the o-position while o-xylene and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene react at the 3 and 5-position
<i>gem</i>-Selective Cross-Dimerization and Cross-Trimerization of Alkynes with Silylacetylenes Promoted by a Rhodium-Pyridine-<i>N</i>-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyst
作者:Ramón Azpíroz、Laura Rubio-Pérez、Ricardo Castarlenas、Jesús J. Pérez-Torrente、Luis A. Oro
DOI:10.1002/cctc.201402327
日期:2014.9
The gem‐selective cross‐dimerization and ‐trimerization of silylacetylenes with alkynes through CH activation using a rhodium(I)–pyridine–N‐heterocyclic carbene catalyst have been developed. This reaction is applied to various aliphatic or aromatic terminal alkynes, internal alkynes, and gem‐1,3‐disubsituted enynes to afford the corresponding enynes and dienynes with high regio‐ and stereoselectivities