Gold‐Catalyzed Allyl–Allyl Coupling

Susana Porcel, Verónica López‐Carrillo, Cristina García‐Yebra, Antonio M. Echavarren

Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2008 · 76 citations · 38 references

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Abstract

Gold rings: Cationic gold(I) complexes efficiently catalyze the intramolecular allyl–allyl coupling of allyl acetates with allylstannanes with excellent stereoselectivity (see scheme). This reaction is mechanistically very different from that catalyzed by palladium.

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