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Cyclization/hydrosilylation of functionalized diynes catalyzed by a cationic platinum phenanthroline complex
J W Madine1, X Wang, R A Widenhoefer
1Duke University, P. M. Gross Chemical Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708-0346, USA.
Organic Letters
|June 29, 2001
Abstract:
[figure: see text] A 1:1 mixture of the platinum phenanthroline complex (phen)PtMe2 and B(C6F5)3 catalyzed the cyclization/hydrosilylation of functionalized 1,6- and 1,7-diynes to form silylated 1,2-dialkylidenecycloalkanes in good yield and with high Z-selectivity.