Synlett 1999; 1999(11): 1704-1722
DOI: 10.1055/s-1999-2919
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The Wonder of Palladium Catalysis: From Carbon-Carbon to Metal-Carbon Bond Formation. An Opportunity of Getting Astonishment from Reality

Claudio Lo Sterzo*
  • *Centro C.N.R. di Studio sui Meccanismi di Reazione, Dipartimento di Chimica, Università "La Sapienza", Box 34 - Roma 62, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, 00185 Roma-ITALY; Fax 39-6-490421; E-mail: losterzo@uniroma1.it
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Publication Date:
31 December 1999 (online)

By the use of the Stille coupling it has been possible to assemble a variety of acetylene and (Z)-1,3-enyne bridged bis(cyclopentadienyl) metal complexes. In the course of these studies it was accidentally found that palladium can also promote the formation of metal-carbon bonds. By combining these two procedures a variety of polymetallaacetylide blocks and tethers can be formed. A new one pot procedure from aromatic iodides to ethynylstannanes offers a convenient access to polyacetylene and polymetallaacetylene polymers.