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Synfacts 2010(9): 1016-1016  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1257921
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Decorated Indenes from Substitution of Propargyl Alcohols

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Stefanie A. Sydlik
P. N. Chatterjee, S. Roy*
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, India
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Publikationsdatum:
23. August 2010 (online)

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Significance

The authors use an IrIII-SnIV catalyst to activate propargyl alcohols as electrophiles. When coupled with an aromatic ring, substituted indenes can be synthesized in good yields. This method is particularly useful due to the accessibility of the propargyl alcohol starting materials.