A rhodium(i)–oxygen adduct as a selective catalyst for one-pot sequential alkyne dimerization-hydrothiolation tandem reactions

• DOI: 10.1039/c6cc00029k
• Publication Date: 2016-01-26T14:36:24Z
• Authors: George Kleinhans; Gregorio Guisado-...; David C. Liles; Guy Bertrand; Daniela I. Bezuid...
• Keywords: Rhodium(I)–oxygen; Hydrothiolation; Catalyzes; Alkynes; rhodium; 01 natural sciences; catalyst; 0104 chemical sciences

An air-stable rhodium(i)–oxygen adduct featuring a CNC-pincer ligand, based on 1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidenes, catalyzes the homo-dimerization and hydrothiolation of alkynes, affording the gem-enyne and α-vinyl sulfide isomers, respectively, with excellent selectivity.