Rhodium(I)-catalysed hydrocarbonylation and silylcarbonylation reactions of alkynes in the presence of primary amines leading to 2-pyrrolidinones and 4-silylated 1-aza-1,3-butadienes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(98)00160-4

Rh(I)-catalysed hydrocarbonylation of alkynes 1 in the presence of primary amines gives substituted 2-pyrrolidinones 3 in a one-pot procedure. Replacement of hydrogen by hydrosilanes via silylcarbonylation leads to 4- silylated l-aza-l,3-butadienes 5. The