%0 Journal Article %T Vinylic tellurides as precursors in a stereoselective and convergent route to Z-enynes and Z-trisubstituted enediynes %A Araujo %A Marcelo A. de %A Raminelli %A Cristiano %A Comasseto %A Jo£¿o V. %J Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society %D 2004 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Qu¨ªmica, SBQ %R 10.1590/S0103-50532004000300004 %X vinylic tellurides of z configuration are transformed into higher order z-vinyl cyanocuprates by transmetallation with higher order lithium dimethyl- or n-butyl(thienyl)cyanocuprates. reaction of the obtained z-vinyl cyanocuprates with zinc chloride gives presumably mixed zinc-copper species which react with bromoalkynes leading to enynes and enediynes with retention of the z double bond configuration. %K z-vinylic tellurides %K z-enynes %K z-enediynes %K stereoselective synthesis %K convergent route. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-50532004000300004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en