Keisuke Watanabe, Yasushi Satoh, Motofumi Kamei, Hirohisa Furukawa, Maito Fuji, Yasushi Obora
Organic letters 2017 Oct 06A NbCl5, Zn, and PCy3 catalytic system that generated low-valent Nb species is used for the synthesis of bicyclic cyclohexadienes from diynes and simple alkenes. A phosphine ligand is important for stabilizing low-valent Nb in the cycloaddition. The bicyclic cyclohexadiene skeleton is important in transition-metal-catalyzed intramolecular cycloadditions.
Keisuke Watanabe, Yasushi Satoh, Motofumi Kamei, Hirohisa Furukawa, Maito Fuji, Yasushi Obora. NbCl5/Zn/PCy3-System-Catalyzed Intramolecular [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloadditions of Diynes and Alkenes To Form Bicyclic Cyclohexadienes. Organic letters. 2017 Oct 06;19(19):5398-5401
PMID: 28910119
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