Reactivity and Applications of New Substrates for the Intermolecular Pauson-Khand Reaction: N-Boc-propargylamines and trifluoromethyl alkynes 

    Aiguabella Font, Nuria (Date of defense: 2014-02-07)

    The Pauson-Khand reaction (PKR) is, formally, a [2+2+1] cycloaddition involving an alkene, an alkyne and a carbon monoxide molecule, typically mediated or catalyzed by a cobalt (0) complex. The product of this reaction is ...