Synlett 2014; 25(10): 1385-1390
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1341277
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

A General and Highly Efficient Protocol for the Synthesis of Chalcogeno­acetylenes by Copper(I)-Terpyridine Catalyst

Barahman Movassagh*
Department of Chemistry, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, P.O. Box 16315-1618, Tehran, Iran   Email: bmovass1178@yahoo.com   Email: momeni@kntu.ac.ir
,
Ali Yousefi
Department of Chemistry, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, P.O. Box 16315-1618, Tehran, Iran   Email: bmovass1178@yahoo.com   Email: momeni@kntu.ac.ir
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Badri Zaman Momeni*
Department of Chemistry, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, P.O. Box 16315-1618, Tehran, Iran   Email: bmovass1178@yahoo.com   Email: momeni@kntu.ac.ir
,
Sepideh Heydari
Department of Chemistry, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, P.O. Box 16315-1618, Tehran, Iran   Email: bmovass1178@yahoo.com   Email: momeni@kntu.ac.ir
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Publication History

Received: 04 February 2014

Accepted after revision: 31 March 2014

Publication Date:
12 May 2014 (online)


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Abstract

A highly efficient copper-catalyzed Csp–X (X = S, Se, Te) bond-forming reaction of terminal alkynes and diorganyl dichalcogenides has been developed. This transformation was realized through the use of copper(I) iodide as a catalyst, 4′-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine as a ligand, and K3PO4 as a base. A variety of the functionalized substrates were found to react under these reaction conditions to provide products in good to excellent yields.

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