Tetrahedron Letters

Control over C–O and C–C bond formation: ruthenium catalyzed regiospecific addition of carboxylic acid to alkyne and stereoselective dimerization of alkyne

J Tripathy, M Bhattacharjee

Index: Tripathy, Jyotsna; Bhattacharjee, Manish Tetrahedron Letters, 2009 , vol. 50, # 34 p. 4863 - 4865

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Abstract

A cationic ruthenium (II) complex,[Ru (PPh3) 2 (CH3CN) 3Cl][BPh4](1), has been found to be an effective catalyst for stereoselective dimerization of alkynes in the presence of a base, and for regiospecific addition of carboxylic acids to alkynes in presence of the Lewis acid, BF3· Et2O.