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  • Room temperature palladium catalysed coupling of acyl chlorides with terminal alkynes.

Room temperature palladium catalysed coupling of acyl chlorides with terminal alkynes.

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2005-02-19)
Russell J Cox, Dougal J Ritson, Thomas A Dane, John Berge, Jonathan P H Charmant, Anob Kantacha
ABSTRACT

Conditions are reported for the facile, high-yielding coupling of acyl chlorides with terminal alkynes in a reaction involving palladium and copper iodide; the reaction is tolerant of a wide variety of acyl chlorides and terminal alkynes and provides a convenient one-pot route to acetylenic ketones.

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Sigma-Aldrich
Benzoyl chloride, 99%
Sigma-Aldrich
Benzoyl chloride, ReagentPlus®, ≥99%
Sigma-Aldrich
Benzoyl chloride, SAJ first grade, ≥98.0%