A range of phosphine- and phosphite-substituted carbonylcobalt(0) complexes
have been synthesised and screened as catalysts of the Pauson Khand annela
tion. The readily prepared stable solid, heptacarbonyl(triphenylphosphine)d
icobalt(0) 1. performed well (78% yield) in a benchmark annelation reaction
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