The Journal of organic chemistry

Synthesis of Allenes via Gold-Catalyzed Intermolecular Reaction of Propargylic Alcohols and Aromatic Compounds

CF Xu, M Xu, LQ Yang, CY Li

Index: Xu, Cheng-Fu; Xu, Mei; Yang, Liu-Qing; Li, Chuan-Ying Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2012 , vol. 77, # 6 p. 3010 - 3016

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Citation Number: 19

Abstract

Functionalized allenes are efficiently synthesized in moderate to high yield from gold- catalyzed intermolecular reaction of propargylic alcohols and aromatic compounds. The user-friendly process could be conducted under mild reaction conditions with easily accessible starting materials.