Dihydrobiphenylenes through ruthenium-catalyzed [2+2+2] cycloadditions of ortho-alkenylarylacetylenes with alkynes

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1841-1844

  García Rubín, Silvia ^a   González Rodríguez, Carlos ^a   García Yebra, Cristina ^b   Varela, Jesús A ^a   Esteruelas, Miguel A ^b   Saá, Carlos ^a  

^a Universidad de Santiago de Compostela ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

2+2+2 cycloadditions; alkynes; biphenylenes; ortho alkenylarylacetylenes; ruthenium

Indexed keywords

[2+2+2] CYCLOADDITION; ALKYNES; BIPHENYLENES; CYCLOADDITIONS; MECHANISTIC ASPECTS; ORTHO-ALKENYLARYLACETYLENES; SYNTHETIC ROUTES;

CATALYSIS; DIMERIZATION; HYDROCARBONS; RUTHENIUM;

CYCLOADDITION;

EID: 84893541196     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201309496     Document Type: Article

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