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SUBMITTER: Kerber WD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2515936 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kerber William D WD Gagné Michel R MR
Organic letters 20050701 15
[reaction: see text]. Dicationic Pt(II) complexes containing triphosphine pincer ligands are excellent catalysts for the cycloisomerization of 1,6- and 1,7-dienes into bicyclopropane carbocycles. In analogy to the biosynthetic route to these monoterpene-like compounds, carbocation intermediates are proposed and supported by trapping experiments. Reactivation of the trapped intermediates indicates that cation generation by C-C bond formation is both rapid and reversible. ...[more]