Abstract
Iron carbonyl complexes prepared in situ using the Fe(CO)5/NaH/MeI reagent combination and alkynes at 25 °C give the corresponding cyclobutenediones in 50-65% yields after CuCl2 · 2H2O oxidation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2843-2846 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Organometallic Chemistry |
Volume | 693 |
Issue number | 17 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 15 2008 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We are thankful to the CSIR (New Delhi) for financial support. Support of the UGC under “University of Potential for Excellence” programme is gratefully acknowledged. The award of the JC Bose Fellowship grant to M.P. gratefully acknowledged.
Keywords
- Alkynes
- Cyclobutenediones
- Iron pentacarbonyl
- Sodium hydride