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Keywords:

  • alkenes;
  • alkynes;
  • cobalt;
  • phosphines;
  • regioselectivity

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Treatment of terminal and internal alkynes with diphenylphosphane in the presence of catalytic amounts of a base and cobalt(II) acetylacetonate affords, with perfect and universal syn selectivity, the (E)-alkenyldiphenylphosphane derivatives in good yield (see scheme, acac=acetylacetonate).