An alternative CuCl–piperidine-catalyzed oxidative homocoupling of terminal alkynes affording 1,3-diynes in air

✍ Scribed by Qingwei Zheng; Ruimao Hua; Youzhi Wan

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 87 KB
• Volume: 24
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0268-2605
• DOI: 10.1002/aoc.1604

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

CuCl with the use of a catalytic amount of piperidine as additive shows high catalytic activity for the oxidative homocoupling reactions of terminal alkynes in toluene at 60 °C in air to afford 1,3‐diynes in high yields. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.