Chemical Communications 2005-05-21

Double carbonylation of zirconocene-alkyne complexes.

Shizue Mito, Tamotsu Takahashi

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) (19) , 2495-6, (2005)

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Abstract

Zirconocene-alkyne complexes prepared from Cp2ZrBu2, phosphines and alkynes reacted with CO to give double carbonylation products, 4-hydroxycyclobuten-1-one derivatives after hydrolysis.