A NOVEL STEREOSELECTIVE AND CATALYTIC C-C COUPLING REACTION - ACETYLENE DIMERIZATION ACCOMPANIED BY ADDITION OF IODINE TO YIELD (E,E)-1,4-DIIODOBUTA-1,3-DIENE IN THE PT-IV-I--I-2-MEOH SYSTEM
Sa. Mitchenko et al., A NOVEL STEREOSELECTIVE AND CATALYTIC C-C COUPLING REACTION - ACETYLENE DIMERIZATION ACCOMPANIED BY ADDITION OF IODINE TO YIELD (E,E)-1,4-DIIODOBUTA-1,3-DIENE IN THE PT-IV-I--I-2-MEOH SYSTEM, Mendeleev communications, (4), 1997, pp. 130-131
A new catalytic reaction - dimerization of acetylene accompanied by ad
dition of iodine to yield (E,E)-1,4-diiodobuta-1,3-diene at 30 degrees
C in a methanolic solution of NaI, Pt-IV and I-2 - has been found; a
plausible reaction mechanism involves intermediate formation of a cis-
divinyl derivative of platinum(IV) through two subsequent triple bond
iodoplatination steps followed by reductive elimination of the final p
roduct.