title: Palladium-catalyzed aerobic oxidative cross-coupling reactions of terminal alkynes with alkylzinc reagents.
abstract: With air as the oxidant, terminal alkynes can be directly cross-coupled with alkylzinc reagents in the presence of a Pd catalyst at room temperature. CO was found to be critical in gaining high chemical yields and selectivities. A wide range of alkynes and alkylzinc reagents were tested, and good to excellent yields were obtained.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, PR China.
authors.forename: Mao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xiaolong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Wenqing
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Aiwen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lei