Palladium chloride alkyne trimerization

Alkyne cyclotrimerization occurs at various homogeneous and heterogeneous transition metal and Ziegler-type catalysts [7], Substituted benzenes have been prepared in the presence of iron, cobalt, and nickel carbonyls [8] as well as trialkyl- and triarylchromium compounds [9]. Bis(acrylonitrile)nickel [10] and bis(benzonitrile)palladium chloride [11] catalyze the cyclotrimerization of tolane to hexaphenylbenzene. NiCl2 reduced by NaBH4 has been utilized for the trimer-ization of 3-hexyne to hexaethylbenzene [12]. Ta2Cl6(tetrahydrothiophene)3 and Nb2Cl6(tetrahydrothiophene)3 as well as 7 -Ind-, and 77 -Ru-rhodium... 

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