Chemical Science

Rhodium-catalyzed hydroformylation of alkynes employing a self-assembling ligand system

V Agabekov, W Seiche, B Breit

Index: Agabekov, Vladislav; Seiche, Wolfgang; Breit, Bernhard Chemical Science, 2013 , vol. 4, # 6 p. 2418 - 2422

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Citation Number: 27

Abstract

Hydroformylation of alkynes is an underdeveloped atom-economic and redox-neutral method to prepare enals. Applying a new electron poor self-assembling ligand system provides the first general rhodium-catalyst for the chemo-and stereoselective hydroformylation of dialkyl-as well as diaryl-substituted alkynes to furnish enals in excellent chemo-and stereoselectivity.