Gold-catalysed cascade rearrangements of ynamide propargyl esters

SJ Heffernan, JM Beddoes, MF Mahon…

Index: Heffernan, Stephen J.; Beddoes, James M.; Mahon, Mary F.; Hennessy, Alan J.; Carbery, David R. Chemical Communications, 2013 , vol. 49, # 23 p. 2314 - 2316

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Abstract

The Au (I)-catalysed rearrangement of propargylic esters formed from an ynamide has been studied. The reaction is facile, and when conducted in the presence of a reactive indole nucleophile, leads to a cascade process whereby γ-indolyl α-acyloxyenamides are formed ...