A copper-based catalytic system for carboxylation of terminal alkynes: synthesis of alkyl 2-alkynoates.

Org Biomol Chem

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3, Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.

Published: February 2012

An efficient coupling of terminal alkynes and CO(2) in the presence of alkyl halides can be achieved under ambient conditions using a copper/phosphine catalyst system, providing facile access to a variety of functionalised alkyl 2-alkynoates.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2ob06884bDOI Listing

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