A dinuclear ruthenium catalyst with a confined cavity: Selectivity in the addition of aliphatic carboxylic acids to phenylacetylene

Kwong Chak Cheung; Wing Leung Wong; Ming Him So; Zhong Yuan Zhou; Siu Cheong Yan; Kwok Yin Wong

doi:10.1039/c2cc38454j

A dinuclear ruthenium catalyst with a confined cavity: Selectivity in the addition of aliphatic carboxylic acids to phenylacetylene

Kwong Chak Cheung
, Wing Leung Wong
, Ming Him So
, Zhong Yuan Zhou
, Siu Cheong Yan
, Kwok Yin Wong

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Abstract

A dinuclear ruthenium catalyst with a rigid anthracene spacer shows excellent regio- and stereo-selectivity in the atom-economic addition of aliphatic carboxylic acids to phenylacetylene, producing exclusively anti-Markovnikov enol-esters with high E/Z ratios of the isomers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	710-712
Number of pages	3
Journal	Chemical Communications
Volume	49
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cc38454j
Publication status	Published - 25 Jan 2013

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Catalysis
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Ceramics and Composites
General Chemistry
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Metals and Alloys
Materials Chemistry

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