Yong Li, Butenschön Holger
Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Hannover, Schneiderberg 1B, D-30167 Hannover, Germany.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2002 Dec 7(23):2852-3. doi: 10.1039/b207978j.
Chelate complex 1 (5 mol%) was found to catalyze the [2 + 2 + 2] cyclization of terminal alkynes in good yields in a 80/20 mixture of water and ethanol at room temperature without further activation.