Skeletal change in the PNP pincer ligand leads to a highly regioselective alkyne dimerization catalyst.
A Rh complex of a bulky diarylamino-based PNP pincer ligand is a robust catalyst for the dimerization of terminal alkynes and highly selective for the trans-enyne product.
Weng
Wei
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Department of Chemistry, MS 015, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.
Guo
Chengyun
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Celenligil-Cetin
Remle
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Foxman
Bruce M
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Ozerov
Oleg V
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