Mechanistic Studies on the Rearrangement of 1-Alkenyl-2-alkynylcyclopropanes: From Allylic Gold(I) Cations to Stable Carbocations

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 53, Issue 45, 2014, Pages 12097-12100

  Tudela, Eva ^a   González, Jairo ^a   Vicente, Rubén ^a   Santamaría, Javier ^a   Rodríguez, Miguel A ^b   Ballesteros, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

Author keywords

allylic compounds; carbocations; gold; reactive intermediates; rearrangements

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSITIVE IONS;

A-STABLE; ALLYLIC COMPOUNDS; CARBOCATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; REACTIVE INTERMEDIATE; REARRANGEMENTS;

GOLD;

EID: 84941085097     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201407055     Document Type: Article

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