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Synfacts 2007(8): 0853-0853  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-968746
Metal-Mediated Synthesis
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Fe(III)-Catalyzed Friedel-Crafts-Type Alkenylation with Aryl-Substituted Alkynes

Contributor(s): Paul Knochel, Tobias Thaler
R. Li, S. R. Wang, W. Lu*
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P. R. of China
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24 July 2007 (online)

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Significance

This FeCl3-catalyzed alkenylation of electron-rich arenes with aryl-substituted alkenes is suggested to follow a Friedel-Crafts-type reaction path. The reaction proceeds regioselectively and in the case of propargyl esters also with high stereoselectivity.