Jpa. Harrity et al., PROMOTION OF THE CHROMIUM CARBENE DOTZ ANNULATION REACTION UNDER SONOCHEMICAL AND DRY STATE ADSORPTION CONDITIONS, Tetrahedron, 49(25), 1993, pp. 5565-5576
The chromium carbene Dotz annulation reaction proceeds very rapidly in
the presence of ultrasound giving good yields of quinone product on o
xidative workup. Moreover, the yield of annulated product has been imp
roved by adsorbing the reagents onto silica and heating at moderate te
mperatures. Both these modifications have proved to be successful for
a variety of complexes and alkynes.