S. Chang et al., Catalytic and highly efficient 1,4-addition of terminal alkynes to conjugated enones by [RuCl2(p-cymene)](2)/pyrrolidine, ORG LETT, 3(13), 2001, pp. 2089-2091
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A wide range of terminal alkynes was added to conjugated enones in a 1,4-fa
shion by a ruthenium catalyst in the presence of catalytic amounts of an am
ine base, and the corresponding gamma,delta -alkynyl ketones were obtained
in good to excellent yields.