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SUBMITTER: Benitez D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2783583 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Organic letters 20091101 21
It is shown that [4 + 3] and [4 + 2] cycloaddition pathways are accessible in the Au(I) catalysis of allene-dienes. Seven-membered ring gold-stabilized carbenes, originating from the [4 + 3] cycloaddition process, are unstable and can rearrange via a 1,2-H or a 1,2-alkyl shift to yield six- and seven-membered products. Both steric and electronic properties of the AuL(+) catalyst affect the electronic structure of the intermediate gold-stabilized carbene and its subsequent reactivity. ...[more]