Gold‐Catalyzed Benzylic CH Activation at Room Temperature

Abstract

A tale of the unexpected: Coordinating and potentially chelating groups allow gold-catalyzed benzylic CH activation at room temperature. Substrates with additional nucleophilic substituents undergo unexpected dimerizations, in which eight new bonds are formed (see scheme). Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://www.wiley-vch.de/contents/jc_2002/2007/z701521_s.pdf or from the author. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.