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SUBMITTER: Smith CA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5313346 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20170201 15
An intermolecular condensation of alkynols and terminal alkynes is reported. Using IPrAuNTf<sub>2</sub>, an efficient Au-catalyzed cyclization-alkynylation strategy furnishes (2-arylalkynyl) cyclic ethers in moderate to excellent yields (up to 94%). This strategy is extended to the synthesis of functionalized 2,3-dihydrooxepines via the sequential Au-catalyzed ring expansion of the cyclic ether substrates. ...[more]