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Published on: August 19, 2012
(Z)-Selective anti-Markovnikov or Markovnikov thiol-yne-click reactions of an internal alkyne by amide hydrogen bond
Milan Pramanik1, Khokan Choudhuri1, Subhayan Chakraborty1
1School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), HBNI, Bhubaneswar, PO Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via Jatni, District Khurda, Odisha 752050, India. pmal@niser.ac.in.
Abstract:
Herein, we show exclusive control of stereo and regioselective thiol-yne click (TYC) reactions of internal alkynes via amide hydrogen bond control. By exploiting appropriate hydrogen bonding interactions like N-HS, N-HN and C-HO, either (Z)-selective anti-Markovnikov or Markovnikov products could be obtained for an internal alkyne, exclusively.
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