Volume 19, Issue 22 p. 6938-6941
Communication

Microwave-Accelerated Ru-Catalyzed Hydrovinylation of Alkynes and Enynes: A Straightforward Approach toward 1,3-Dienes and 1,3,5-Trienes

Tobias Schabel

Tobias Schabel

Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart (Germany), Fax: (+49) 711-68564285

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Prof. Dr. Bernd Plietker

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Prof. Dr. Bernd Plietker

Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart (Germany), Fax: (+49) 711-68564285

Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart (Germany), Fax: (+49) 711-68564285Search for more papers by this author
First published: 19 April 2013
Citations: 17

Graphical Abstract

Quick, but not dirty! Microwave heating was found to have a significant effect on the Ru-catalyzed hydrovinylations of alkynes. A broad range of different terminal alkynes were coupled to methyl acrylate within just 30 min in good to excellent yields (see scheme). This new protocol was transferred to the hydrovinylation of enynes as novel coupling partners in CH-activation chemistry giving different 1,3,5-trienes as the sole products.