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SUBMITTER: Xia Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3131136 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Organic letters 20101111 23
A mechanism of the Au-catalyzed cycloisomerization of propargylpyridines has been investigated. Both DFT computational and experimental results strongly support generation of a Au-carbene via a cyclization/proton transfer sequence over the previously proposed path involving a Au-vinylidene intermediate. For the β-Si-substituted Au-carbene (G = SiR(3)), a 1,2-Si migration was shown to be kinetically favored over a 1,2-H shift. This study highlights the importance of alternative pathways that coul ...[more]