Abstract
Alkyl propiolate couples with itself in the presence of catalytic DABCO under very mild conditions to provide a quantitative yield of E-hex-2-en-4-yne dioates. Hydrogenation of these enyne dioates using Lindlar catalyst provides the corresponding E,Z-diene dioate, a common structural motif found in an array of natural products.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2547-2549 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Tetrahedron Letters |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 15 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 11 2005 |
Keywords
- DABCO
- E,Z-Dienes
- Enynes
- Muconic acid esters
- Self-coupling