theNationalNaturalScienceFoundationofChina (No .2 0 0 72 0 33)andtheSpecializedResearchFundfortheDoctoralProgramofHigherEducation
Promoted by samarium diiodide in THF, the α,β-unsaturated alkynones were reduced to afford intermolecular reductive coupling products. The multiply substituted cyclopentadienes were prepared conveniently in good yie...