Yamashita Fumikazu, Kuniyasu Hitoshi, Terao Jun, Kambe Nobuaki
Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Org Lett. 2008 Jan 3;10(1):101-4. doi: 10.1021/ol7025069. Epub 2007 Dec 4.
Unsymmetrical internal alkynes such as ethyl phenylpropiolate (2b) successfully underwent Pt-catalyzed decarbonylative arylthiolation by thioesters. The regio- and stereoselective insertion of 2b into an S-Pt bond was confirmed by reaction with a platinum complex with an S-Pt-Cl framework.