Palladium-catalyzed bisdiene carbocyclizations: a facile [3 + 2] cycloaddition reaction mode.
[reaction: see text] In contrast to alkyl-substituted bisdienes, aryl-substituted substrates undergo surprisingly facile palladium-catalyzed carbocyclization via a novel [3 + 2] cycloaddition mode.
Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0304, USA. jtakacs1@unl.edu
James M
JM
Takacs
Alexei P
AP
Leonov
D002384:Catalysis; D010165:Palladium / Q000737:chemistry*
D010165:Palladium