Syngas-Free Highly Regioselective Rhodium-Catalyzed Transfer Hydroformylation of Alkynes to
α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019;
58:7440-7444. [PMID:
30963651 DOI:
10.1002/anie.201902553]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Revised: 04/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
The hydroformylation of alkynes is a fundamental and important reaction in both academic research and industry. Conventional methods focus on the conversion of alkynes, CO, and H2 into α,β-unsaturated aldehydes, but they often suffer from problems associated with operation, regioselectivity, and chemoselectivity. Herein, we disclose an operationally simple, mild, and syngas-free rhodium-catalyzed reaction for the hydroformylation of alkynes via formyl and hydride transfer from an alkyl aldehyde. This synthetic method uses inexpensive and easy-to-handle n-butyraldehyde to overcome the challenge posed by the use of syngas in traditional approaches and employs a commercially available catalyst and ligand to transform a broad range of internal alkynes, especially alkynyl-containing complex molecules, into versatile stereodefined α,β-unsaturated aldehydes with excellent chemo-, regio-, and stereoselectivity.
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