(Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)iridium dichloride dimer {[IrCp*Cl 2]2}: A novel efficient catalyst for the cycloisomerizations of homopropargylic diols and N-tethered enynes

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Volumn 353, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1908-1912

  Benedetti, Erica ^a,b   Simonneau, Antoine ^a   Hours, Alexandra ^a   Amouri, Hani ^a   Penoni, Andrea ^b   Palmisano, Giovanni ^b   Malacria, Max ^a   Goddard, Jean Philippe ^a   Fensterbank, Louis ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

bicyclic compounds; cycloisomerization; enynes; homogeneous catalysis; iridium(III)

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051992027     PISSN: 16154150     EISSN: 16154169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201100124     Document Type: Article

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