Kleinhans, GeorgeGuisado-Barrios, GregorioLiles, David C.Bertrand, GuyBezuidenhout, Daniela Ina2016-05-052016-01Kleinhans, G, Guisado-Barrios, G, Liles, DC, Bertrand, G & Bezuidenhout, DI 2016, 'A rhodium(i)-oxygen adduct as a selective catalyst for one-pot sequential alkyne dimerization-hydrothiolation tandem reactions', Chemical Communications, vol. 52, no. 17, pp. 3504-3507.1359-7345 (print)1364-548X (online)10.1039/C6CC00029Khttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/52488An air-stable rhodium(I)-oxygen adduct featuring a CNC-pincer ligand, based on 1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidenes, catalyzes the homodimerization and hydrothiolation of alkynes, affording the gemenyne and α-vinyl sulfide isomers, respectively, with excellent selectivity. A one-pot stepwise strategy allows the selective catalytic preparation of non-symmetric bis-vinyl sulfides, as well as the alkyne dimerization-hydrothiolation tandem reaction.en© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2016Rhodium(I)–oxygenCatalyzesHydrothiolationAlkynesPostprint Article