CoBr2-TMTU-zinc catalysed-Pauson-Khand reaction.

Yuefan Wang, Lingmin Xu, Ruocheng Yu, Jiahua Chen, Zhen Yang

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) 48(66) , 8183-5, (2012)

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Abstract

A cobalt-TMTU complex, derived from the in situ reduction of CoBr(2) with Zn in the presence of TMTU, can catalyze Pauson-Khand reaction at a balloon pressure of CO, which enables the synthesis of structurally diverse cyclopentenones. This catalytic system works efficiently for both intermolecular and intramolecular PK reactions.