17.Thioureas as Ligands in the Pd-Catalyzed Intramolecular Pauson-Khand Reaction

Y. F. Tang, L. J. Deng, Y. D. Zhang, G. B. Dong, J. H. Chen*, Z. Yang*

Org. Lett. 20057, 1657

The thiourea−Pd complex was established as a novel type of catalyst in the PKR of allylpropargylamine, and the demonstrated chemistry may prove to be valuable for developing thiuorea as a ligand for the Pd-catalyzed Pauson−Khand reaction.