M. Moniatte et al., STUDY OF THE REGIOSELECTIVITY OF PALLADIUM-CATALYZED MONOCOUPLINGS BETWEEN CONJUGATED BIS(ENOLTRIFLATES) AND TRIMETHYLSILYLACETYLENE, Tetrahedron letters, 35(13), 1994, pp. 1965-1968
The Z-configurated bis(enoltriflates) 2 and 7 were treated at room tem
perature with TMS acetylene (1.25 equiv.) in the presence of CuI (0. 1
7 equiv.) and various palladium catalysts (0.07 equiv.), solvents, and
amines to afford monocoupling products. Surprisingly, opposite regios
electivities were observed starting from the five-membered (-->8, n =
0) vs. the six-membered bis(enoltriflates) (-->9, n = 1).