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A Pauson-Khand type of conversion of enynes to bicyclic cyclopentenones employing the commercially available Co2(CO)8 and tetramethylthiourea (TMTU) as catalysts is described. This method allows a variety of enynes with diverse functional groups to be cyclized into cyclopentenones of interest. [reaction: see text]
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