Selective homo-Diels–Alder addition of acetylenic hydrocarbons to norbornadiene catalysed by a cobalt complex
Abstract
A cobalt complex, formed by reducing [Co(acac)3](Hacac = acetylacetone) with diethyl-aluminium chloride in the presence of the bidentate ligand bis(1,2-diphenylphosphino)ethane, is an active catalyst for the selective [2+2+2] cycloaddition of acetylenic hydrocarbons RCCH (R = alkyl, H, or aryl) to norbornadiene.