Gold-catalyzed cycloisomerization of cyclopropyl alkynyl acetates: A versatile approach to 5-, 6-, and 7-membered carbocycles

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 52, 2008, Pages 10110-10113

  Zou, Yue ^a,c   Garayalde, David ^b   Wang, Quanrui ^a   Nevado, Cristina ^b   Goeke, Andreas ^c   Ito, Yoshihiko ^d  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Shanghai Givaudan Ltd   (China)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Alkynes; Carbocations; Gold; Rearrangement

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMERS; HYDROCARBONS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ALKYNES; CARBOCATIONS; CARBOCYCLES; CATIONIC INTERMEDIATES; CHIRALITY TRANSFERS; CONFIGURATIONAL STABILITIES; CYCLOISOMERIZATION; CYCLOPROPYL; PROPARGYL; REARRANGEMENT; RING SYSTEMS; SUBSTITUTION PATTERNS; UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES;

GOLD;

EID: 57749084490     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200804202     Document Type: Article

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