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Chem. Commun., 2006, 197 - 199, DOI: 10.1039/b511148j

Skeletal change in the PNP pincer ligand leads to a highly regioselective alkyne dimerization catalyst

Wei Weng, Chengyun Guo, Remle Çelenligil-Çetin, Bruce M. Foxman and Oleg V. Ozerov

A Rh complex of a bulky diarylamino-based PNP pincer ligand is a robust catalyst for the dimerization of terminal alkynes and highly selective for the trans-enyne product.

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