Oxidative homocoupling of terminal alkynes under palladium-, ligand- and base-free conditions using Cu(II)-clay as a heterogeneous catalyst

Homocoupling of terminal alkynes to 1,3-diynes has been investigated with Cu(II)-modified clay under mild and operationally simple conditions without the use of any ligand or a stabilizing agent. The catalyst is robust, ecofriendly, efficient, furnishes good to excellent yields of the desired products and can be reused several times with negligible loss in catalytic activity.

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