Skeletal change in the PNP pincer ligand leads to a highly regioselective alkyne dimerization catalyst

Wei Weng; Chengyun Guo; Remle Celenligil-Cetin; Bruce M Foxman; Oleg V Ozerov

doi:10.1039/b511148j

Skeletal change in the PNP pincer ligand leads to a highly regioselective alkyne dimerization catalyst

Chem Commun (Camb). 2006 Jan 14:(2):197-9. doi: 10.1039/b511148j. Epub 2005 Nov 16.

Authors

Wei Weng¹, Chengyun Guo, Remle Celenligil-Cetin, Bruce M Foxman, Oleg V Ozerov

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, MS 015, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.

PMID: 16372104
DOI: 10.1039/b511148j

Abstract

A Rh complex of a bulky diarylamino-based PNP pincer ligand is a robust catalyst for the dimerization of terminal alkynes and highly selective for the trans-enyne product.