Metal—carbon triple bonds coupling reactions

Nucleophiles react with carbyne complexes to promote (or trap) carbyne-carbonyl coupling products, attack the metal-carbon triple bond, or displace a substituent on the carbyne carbon. Complexes of the form Tp M( = CR)(CO)2 are coordinatively saturated and in the case of Tp = Tp, the metal also enjoys a substantial degree of steric protection. Accordingly, the reaction of these complexes with nucleophiles does not, in general, involve attack at the metal but rather at a coligand. Attempted synthesis of Tp W( = CMe)(CO)2 via reaction of MeLi with the... 

Over the last decade, the chemistry of the carbon-carbon triple bond has experienced a vigorous resurgence [1]. Whereas construction of alkyne-con-taining systems had previously been a laborious process, the advent of new synthetic methodology based on organotransition metal complexes has revolutionized the field [2]. Specifically, palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions between alkyne sp-carbon atoms and sp -carbon atoms of arenes and alkenes have allowed for rapid assembly of relatively complex structures [3]. In particular, the preparation of alkyne-rich macrocycles, the subject of this report, has benefited enormously from these recent advances. For the purpose of this review, we Emit the discussion to cychc systems which contain benzene and acetylene moieties only, henceforth referred to as phenylacetylene and phenyldiacetylene macrocycles (PAMs and PDMs, respectively). Not only have a wide... 

Transition Metal-catalyzed Cross-addition of TIPS-acetylene to Alkynes. Transition metal-catalyzed coupling reaction of a bulky silyl-substituted terminal alkyne through the addition of the C-H bond to carbon-carbon triple bonds can lead... 

Some palladium-catalyzed reactions of organotins, such as carbostannylations, are not related to the Stille cross-coupling. The history of the transition-metal-cata-lyzed carbostarmylation [148] began with alkynylstannylation of alkynes catalyzed by a palladium-iminophosphine complex [149]. Thus, alkynylstannanes added to a carbon-carbon triple bond of various acetylenes, conjugated ynoates and propar-gyl amines and ethers in the presence of a catalytic amount of a palladium-iminophosphine complex [150]. The reaction also proceeded with arynes to afford ortho-substituted arylstannanes, which could further be converted into 1,2-substituted arenes via carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions [151]. 

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