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SUBMITTER: Ke XN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4852877 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chinese chemical letters = Zhongguo hua xue kuai bao 20150327 6
The first theoretical study on the mechanism of [RhCl(CO)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>2</sub>-catalyzed [5 + 1] cycloadditions of 3-acyloxy-1,4-enyne (ACE) and CO has been performed using density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The effect of ester on reactivity of this reaction has been investigated. The computational results have revealed that the preferred catalytic cycle involves the sequential steps of 1,2-acyloxy migration, CO insertion, reductive elimination to form ketene intermediate, 6π-elec ...[more]