Journal of the American Chemical Society

Cleavage of a carbon-carbon triple bond via gold-catalyzed cascade cyclization/oxidative cleavage reactions of (Z)-enynols with molecular oxygen

Y Liu, F Song, S Guo

Index: Liu, Yuanhong; Song, Feijie; Guo, Shenghai Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006 , vol. 128, # 35 p. 11332 - 11333

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Citation Number: 122

Abstract

A highly efficient carbon-carbon triple bond cleavage reaction of (Z)-enynols was developed, which offered a new route to highly substituted butenolides. The methodology is realized by a tandem reaction using a single gold (I) catalyst, which could catalyze different reactions ...