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Alumina-Mediated π-Activation of Alkynes
Akhmetov, Vladimir,Amsharov, Konstantin,Feofanov, Mikhail,Sharapa, Dmitry I.
, p. 15420 - 15426 (2021/09/30)
The ability to induce powerful atom-economic transformation of alkynes is the key feature of carbophilic π-Lewis acids such as gold- and platinum-based catalysts. The unique catalytic activity of these compounds in electrophilic activations of alkynes is explained through relativistic effects, enabling efficient orbital overlapping with π-systems. For this reason, it is believed that noble metals are indispensable components in the catalysis of such reactions. In this study, we report that thermally activated γ-Al2O3activates enynes, diynes, and arene-ynes in a manner enabling reactions that were typically assigned to the softest π-Lewis acids, while some were known to be triggered exclusively by gold catalysts. We demonstrate the scope of these transformations and suggest a qualitative explanation of this phenomenon based on the Dewar-Chatt-Duncanson model confirmed by density functional theory calculations.
On the Gold-Catalyzed Generation of Vinyl Cations from 1,5-Diynes
Wurm, Thomas,Bucher, Janina,Duckworth, Sarah B.,Rudolph, Matthias,Rominger, Frank,Hashmi, A. Stephen K.
, p. 3364 - 3368 (2017/03/17)
Conjugated 1,5-diynes bearing two aromatic units at the alkyne termini were converted in the presence of a gold catalyst. Under mild conditions, aryl-substituted dibenzopentalenes were generated. Calculations predict that aurated vinyl cations are key intermediates of the reaction. A bidirectional approach provided selective access to the angular annulated product in high yield, which was explained by calculations.
Some Unusual Reactions of 1,2-Bis(phenylethynyl)benzene with Sulfur, Carbon Monoxide and Alkyl Acetylenedicarboxyaltes
Badrieh, Yacoub,Greenwald, Ayala,Schumann, Herbert,Blum, Jochanan
, p. 667 - 674 (2007/10/02)
1,2-Bis(phenylethynyl)benzene (1) reacts with sulfur, carbon monoxide, and acetylenedicarboxylic esters to give unusual polycyclic products.Under exclusion of air 1 adds sulfur to give 6-phenylbenzindenothiopyran (3b) and bis(6-phenylbenzinde