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Ruthenium-catalyzed cyclization of epoxide with a tethered alkyne: Formation of ketene intermediates via oxygen transfer from epoxides to terminal alkynes
Madhushaw, Reniguntala J.,Lin, Ming-Yuan,Abu Sohel, Shariar Md.,Liu, Rai-Shung
, p. 6895 - 6899 (2004)
Treatment of (o-ethynyl)phenyl epoxides with TpRuPPh3(CH 3CN)2PF6 (10 mol %) in hot toluene (100 °C, 3-6 h) gave 2-naphthols or 1-alkylidene-2-indanones very selectively with isolated yields exceeding 72%, depen
