ChemInform Abstract: Copper-Catalyzed Hydrocarboxylation of Alkynes Using Carbon Dioxide and Hydrosilanes.
β Scribed by Tetsuaki Fujihara; Tinghua Xu; Kazuhiko Semba; Jun Terao; Yasushi Tsuji
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Weight
- 60 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0931-7597
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
Copper complexes (I) bearing an Nβheterocyclic carbene ligand are efficient catalysts for the hydrocarboxylation of unsymmetrical or symmetrical alkynes using SiH(OEt)~3~ as reducing agent to give Ξ±,Ξ²βunsaturated carboxylic acids as (E)βisomers.
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