Scheme 3.
Rhodium catalyzed coupling of acetylene to aldehyde 14a in the absence of hydrogen and Brønsted acid cocatalyst delivers ketone 14b, corroborating intervention of the proposed oxarhodacycloheptadiene intermediate.
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