Abstract
Biaryl propargyl acetate hexacarbonyldicobalt complexes (4) undergo Lewis acid mediated Nicholas reactions with a remote arene function to afford dibenzocycloheptyne complexes (9). Reductive decomplexation based on a hydrosilylation-protodesilylation protocol is facile, and the 1,2,3,9-tetramethoxy case can be converted to NSC 51046 ((S)-N-acetylcolchicinol methyl ether, 3).
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