Abstract
An air-stable half-sandwich rutheniumII complex, [Ru(p-cymene)(MeCN)3](SbF6)2, was synthesized and characterized. It exhibited unique catalytic ability in a [3+2] annulation reaction of 2-arylcyclo-2-enones with internal alkynes via C(sp2)-H/alkene functionalization, which offered a rapid and atom-economical methodology to construct various synthetically challenging spiro carbocyclic indenes bearing a quaternary carbon.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4613-4616 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Chemical Communications |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue number | 25 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 28 Mar 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |