Organometallics

Synthesis of Phosphine-Ligated Zinc Acetylide Dimers: Enhanced Reactivity in Carbonyl Additions

EE Wilson, AG Oliver, RP Hughes, BL Ashfeld

Index: Wilson, Erin E.; Oliver, Allen G.; Hughes, Russell P.; Ashfeld, Brandon L. Organometallics, 2011 , vol. 30, # 19 p. 5214 - 5221

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Abstract

Phosphine-ligated dinuclear zinc acetylides effectively promote the alkynylation of carbonyl derivatives. Good to excellent yields (46–91%) of the corresponding propargylic alcohols were obtained from a wide range of substrates. Crystallographic evidence for a phosphine– zinc–acetylide dimer was obtained with bonding energies obtained by DFT calculations. Phosphine ligation in the carbon–carbon bond-forming event is further corroborated by ...