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A Simple Nickel Catalyst Enabling an E-Selective Alkyne Semihydrogenation
Thiel, Niklas O.,Kaewmee, Benyapa,Tran Ngoc, Trung,Teichert, Johannes F.
, p. 1597 - 1603 (2020)
Stereoselective alkyne semihydrogenations are attractive approaches to alkenes, which are key building blocks for synthesis. With regards to the most atom-economic reducing agent dihydrogen (H2), only few catalysts for the challenging E-selective alkyne semihydrogenation have been disclosed, each with a unique substrate scope profile. Here, we show that a commercially available nickel catalyst facilitates the E-selective alkyne semihydrogenation of a wide variety of substituted internal alkynes. This results in a simple and broadly applicable overall protocol to stereoselectively access E-alkenes employing H2, which could serve as a general method for synthesis.