Alkynylcopper(I) polymers and their use in a mechanistic study of alkyne-azide click reactions.
Polymeric dinuclear alkynylcopper(I) complexes, for example phenylethynylcopper(I), can be prepared by a robust method involving the interaction of terminal alkynes with copper(II) salts in acetonitrile. The use of the ladder polymers provides heterogeneous catalysts for copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reactions and provides important mechanistic information.
Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK LE11 3TU.
Benjamin R
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Buckley
Sandra E
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Dann
Daniel P
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Harris
Harry
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Heaney
Emma C
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Stubbs