Co-reporter:Yasushi Obora, Shintaro Hatanaka and Yasutaka Ishii
Organic Letters 2009 Volume 11(Issue 15) pp:3510-3513
Publication Date(Web):July 13, 2009
DOI:10.1021/ol901366q
We report iridium-catalyzed coupling of 2-alkynes such as 1-aryl-1-propynes with primary alcohols leading to secondary homoallylic alcohols as products. This reaction involves an iridium-catalyzed novel catalytic transformation of 2-alkynes and primary alcohols through the formation of hydrido(π-allyl)iridium as a possible key intermediate.