Cationic ruthenium complex of the formula [RuCl(2,6-diacetylpyridine)(PPh3)2]BArF and its catalytic activity in the formation of enol esters

Autor: Matthew J. Stark, Nigam P. Rath, Eike B. Bauer, Douglas T. Tang
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Tetrahedron Letters. 59:873-877
ISSN: 0040-4039
Popis: A new ruthenium 2,6-diacetylpyridine complex was synthesized and applied in the atom-economic synthesis of enol esters through Markovnikov-directed addition of carboxylic acids to terminal alkynes. The ruthenium complex [RuCl(dap)(PPh3)2]+BArF− was synthesized from [RuCl2(PPh3)2] and the corresponding ligand 2,6-diacetylpyridine (dap). The complex was characterized structurally. The new ruthenium complex was utilized under ambient conditions as a catalyst in the Markovnikov addition of carboxylic acids to terminal alkynes to afford the corresponding enol esters in 93% to 52% isolated yields (85 °C, 16 h reaction time, 1 mol% catalyst loading).
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