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SUBMITTER: Lalonde RL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3866133 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemical science 20100801 2
Alkylgold(I) complexes were formed from the gold(I)-promoted intramolecular addition of various amine nucleophiles to alkenes. These experiments provide the first direct experimental evidence for the elementary step of gold-promoted nucleophilic addition to an alkene. Deuterium-labeling studies and X-ray crystal structures provide support for a mechanism involving <i>anti</i>-addition of the nucleophile to a gold-activated alkene, which is verified by DFT analysis of the mechanism. Ligand studie ...[more]