M. Bassetti, Chiara Pasquini, Antonino Raneri
May 12, 2007
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The Journal of organic chemistry
Abstract
The commercially available di-mu-chlorobis[(p-cymene)chlororuthenium(II)] complex catalyzes the dimerization of aromatic alkynes in acetic acid at room temperature to form the corresponding (E)-1,4-diarylbut-1-ene-3-yne derivatives, with high stereoselectivity. The procedure does not require the use of additives and can be carried out in the presence of water or aprotic cosolvents, under homogeneous conditions.