Rhodium-Catalyzed Dimerization of Diaryl Acetylenes in the Presence of Grignard Reagents: Synthesis of 1,2,3-Triphenyl Naphthalene Derivatives.

Abstract An efficient Rh-catalyzed dimerization of diaryl acetylenes was achieved in the presence of Wilkinson catalyst, AgF2, and 1.5 equivalent of PhMgBr in toluene, providing the 1,2,3-triaryl naphthalene derivatives in moderate to good yields. Supplemental materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Synthetic Communications to view the free supplemental file.