Highly efficient, reversible addition of activated methylene compounds to styrene derivatives catalyzed by silver catalysts.
[reaction: see text] A highly efficient inter- and intramolecular addition of 1,3-diketone/beta-ketoester to alkenes was developed by using silver catalysts. Silver triflate shows the highest catalytic activity. The reaction is reversible through the cleavage of a carbon-carbon bond by silver at an elevated temperature.
Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6, Canada.
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Yao
Chao-Jun
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