Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 16(51), p. 3395-3398, 2015
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc10111a
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2-(Pyridinium-1-yl)-1,1-bis(triflyl)ethanides have been used as 1,2-dipole precursors in a metal-free direct [2+2] cycloaddition reaction of alkynes. Remarkably, this mild and facile uncatalyzed protocol requires neither irradiation nor heating.