Copper-catalysed synthesis of α-alkylidene cyclic carbonates from propargylic alcohols and CO<sub>2</sub>
Alejandro Cervantes‐Reyes, Kaveh Farshadfar, Matthias Rudolph, Frank Röminger, Thomas Schaub, Alireza Ariafard, A. Stephen K. Hashmi
Abstract
A sterically encumbered, nine-membered NHC-copper(<sc>i</sc>) complex was shown to be an effective catalyst for the chemical fixation of CO<sub>2</sub> by propargylic alcohols for the diastereoselective synthesis of α-alkylidene cyclic carbonates.
Topics & Concepts
CopperChemistryCatalysisOrganic chemistryCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisCatalytic Alkyne Reactions