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SUBMITTER: Hyster TK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4286810 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemical science 20110801 8
We have developed a method for preparing pyridones from the coupling reaction of acrylamides and alkynes with either stoichometric Cu(OAc)<sub>2</sub> or catalytic Cu(OAc)<sub>2</sub> and air as oxidants. In the course of these studies, it was found that a larger ligand, 1,3-di-tert-butylcyclopentadienyl (termed Cp<sup>t</sup>) results in higher degrees of regioselectivity in the alkyne insertion event. The transformation tolerates a broad variety of alkynes and acrylamides. Furthermore, Cp<sup> ...[more]