Volume 21, Issue 9 pp. 1203-1205
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A new synthetic method of highly substituted cyclopentadienes from α, β-unsaturated alkynones

Xing-Liang Zheng

Xing-Liang Zheng

Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University (Xixi Campus), Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310028, China

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Yong-Min Zhang

Yong-Min Zhang

Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University (Xixi Campus), Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310028, China

State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China

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First published: 26 August 2010
Citations: 1

Abstract

Promoted by samarium diiodide in THF, the α, β-unsaturated alkynones were reduced to afford intermolecular reductive coupling products. The multiply substituted cyclopentadienes were prepared conveniently in good yields.

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