Efficient synthesis of cyclopentenones from enynyl acetates via tandem Au(I)-catalyzed 3,3-rearrangement and the Nazarov reaction

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1442-1443

  Zhang, Liming ^a   Wang, Shaozhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPENTENONE DERIVATIVE; GOLD;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLIZATION; HYDROLYSIS; NAZAROV REACTION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 32244445098     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja057327q     Document Type: Article

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