The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Hydration of alkynes in anhydrous medium with formic acid as water donor

N Menashe, Y Shvo

Index: Menashe, Naim; Shvo, Youval Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1993 , vol. 58, # 26 p. 7434 - 7439

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Abstract

Formic acid has been found to hydrate alkynes in the absence of water to give oxo products and carbon monoxide. The scope of the reaction of alkynes and formic acid has been delineated. Hydrocarbon alkynes were found to be reactive in the absence of catalyst. Functionalized alkynes, in particular oxygenated alkynes, are inert toward formic acid but can be activated catalytically with Ru3 (CO) l2. Consequently, all the tested types of ...