Silicon-tethered cyclocarbonylation of alkynes.
[reaction: see text] Temporary union of alkynes in the Fe(CO)5-promoted cyclocarbonylation provides a method for carbonylative cross-coupling of alkynes to construct unsymmetrically substituted cyclopentadienones.
Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA. ajp4@po.cwru.edu
Anthony J
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Pearson
Jin Bum
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Kim