TETRAHEDRON, vol.57, no.24, pp.5097-5107, 2001 (SCI-Expanded)
The coupling of a variety of transition metal-carbene complexes with alkynols has been studied. In many cases, the intermediate vinylcarbene complexes formed in this reaction undergo a ring expansion to afford cyclic ketone derivatives. This scope and limit of this process is explored. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.