Gold-catalysed room-temperature cycloisomerisation of alkynes and unactivated enolisable ketones

Paul Davies, Christelle Detty-Mambo

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Abstract

The cycloisomerisation of simple keto-alkynes proceeds at room temperature under the mild conditions of gold catalysis. Bicyclic fused and spiro compounds can be obtained by overall 5-exo and 6-exo carbon-carbon bond-forming cyclisations.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2918-2922
Number of pages5
JournalOrganic and Biomolecular Chemistry
Volume8
Issue number13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2010

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