Rhodium-catalyzed homocoupling of (1-Acyloxyvinyl)silanes: Synthesis of 1,3-diene-2,3-diyl diesters and their derivatives

Article abstract of DOI:10.1055/s-0029-1217968

1,3-Diene-2,3-diyl diesters are synthesized by rhodium-catalyzed homocoupling of (1-acyloxyvinyl)silanes. Double transmetalation between vinylsilane and rhodium intermediate in a single catalytic cycle is the key in this reaction. From the homocoupling pr