Reductive elimination of α-alkynyl substituted zirconacyclopentenes: formation of cyclobutene derivatives
Abstract
Reductive elimination of α-alkynyl substituted zirconacyclopentenes, prepared from diaryldiynes and Cp2ZrEt2, proceeded upon heating or in the presence of dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate to give alkynylcyclobutene derivatives.