Direct alkynylation of thiophenes: Cooperative activation of TIPS-EBX with gold and Brønsted acids

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 40, 2010, Pages 7304-7307

  Brand, Jonathan P ^a   Waser, Jérôme ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alkynes; Cooperative catalysis; Direct alkynylation; Heterocycles; Hypervalent iodine

Indexed keywords

ALKYNES; ALKYNYLATIONS; COOPERATIVE CATALYSIS; HETEROCYCLES; HYPERVALENT IODINE;

ACETYLENE; BUILDING MATERIALS; CATALYSIS; IODINE; THIOPHENE;

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS;

ALKYNE; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; GOLD; ORGANOSILICON DERIVATIVE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY;

ALKYNES; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; GOLD; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOSILICON COMPOUNDS; THIOPHENES;

EID: 77957334631     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201003179     Document Type: Article

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