An air-stable half-sandwich RuII complex as an efficient catalyst for [3+2] annulation of 2-arylcyclo-2-enones with alkynes

  • Yinsong Zhao
  • , Zhen He
  • , Shiqing Li
  • , Junbin Tang
  • , Ge Gao*
  • , Jingbo Lan
  • , Jingsong You
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4613-4616
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume52
Issue number25
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Mar 2016
Externally publishedYes

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