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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2017 May 22;56(22):6317-6320. doi: 10.1002/anie.201700904. Epub 2017 Mar 13.

Iron-Catalyzed gem-Specific Dimerization of Terminal Alkynes.

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)

Qiuming Liang, Kimberly M Osten, Datong Song

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H6, Canada.

PMID: 28295865 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201700904

Abstract

We report a gem-specific homo- and cross-dimerization of terminal alkynes catalyzed by a well-defined iron(II) complex containing Cp* and picolyl N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands, and featuring a piano-stool structure. This catalytic system requires no additives and is compatible with a broad range of substrates, including those with polar functional groups such as NH and OH.

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Keywords: N-heterocyclic carbenes; alkynes; dimerization; homogeneous catalysis; iron

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