α,ω-Enynes are co-cyclised with alkynes and stoicheiometric amounts of dicarbonyl(cyclopentadienyl) cobalt to furnish bicyclic-diene cobalt complexes and their free ligands regiospecifically, the former being convertible into the latter by oxidative demetallation.
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Chang et al. (1981) studied this question.