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Addition of Sulfonic Acids to Terminal Alkynes Catalyzed by a Rhodium Complex: Ligand Concentration??Controlled Reaction Selectivity

Y Yang, EG Moschetta, RM Rioux

Index: Yang, Yong; Moschetta, Eric G.; Rioux, Robert M. ChemCatChem, 2013 , vol. 5, # 10 p. 3005 - 3013

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Abstract

Abstract A Rh-catalyzed process for the regioselective formation of vinyl sulfonate esters in moderate to high yields through the hydrosulfonation of alkynes with sulfonic acids has been developed. Our synthetic approach is capable of adding a variety of alkynes to a set of sulfonic acids and is amenable to different phosphorus ligands, solvents, and Rh precursors. We control the chemo-and regioselectivity of the reaction to the Markovnikov vinyl ...