Microwave-assisted palladium-catalyzed highly regio- and stereoselective head to head dimerization of terminal aryl alkynes in water?

RSC Advances Pub Date: 2014-09-15 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA08287G

Abstract

A highly regio- and stereoselective oxime palladacycle/imidazolinium-catalyzed head to head dimerization of terminal aryl alkynes in water is presented. The reaction, which is carried out at 130 °C under microwave irradiation in the presence of 1,3-bis-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazolinium chloride as ligand, triethylamine as base, and TBAB as surfactant, allows the synthesis of (E)-1,4-enynes as single stereoisomers in good isolated yields.

Graphical abstract: Microwave-assisted palladium-catalyzed highly regio- and stereoselective head to head dimerization of terminal aryl alkynes in water
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