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Thermodynamically- and kinetically-controlled Friedel-Crafts alkenylation of arenes with alkynes using an acidic fluoroantimonate(v) ionic liquid as catalyst.

Choi DS, Kim JH, Shin US, Deshmukh RR, Song CE

Department of Chemistry, Institute of Basic Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea.

By employing superacidic fluoroantimonate ionic liquid (IL), [bmim][Sb(2)F(11)], as catalyst, not only thermodynamically-controlled but also kinetically-controlled Friedel-Crafts alkenylations of arenes with alkynes have been realized for the first time.

Published 16 August 2007 in Chem Commun (Camb).
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