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Alkynes in Organocatalysis
Author(s) -
Salvio Riccardo,
Moliterno Mauro,
Bella Marco
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asian journal of organic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2193-5815
pISSN - 2193-5807
DOI - 10.1002/ajoc.201400021
Subject(s) - chemistry , organocatalysis , domino , bifunctional , catalysis , reactivity (psychology) , organic chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , enantioselective synthesis , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
In this Focus Review, a selection of organocatalyzed reactions in which alkynes have been used are presented. Catalysis by tertiary and secondary amines, by phase‐transfer catalysis, by phosphines and carbenes, as well as bifunctional and multiple catalysis are discussed. Alkynes are versatile intermediates which can open novel synthetic opportunities as their reactivity is enhanced with respect to the corresponding alkenes and further elaboration to develop domino processes is possible.