Gold(i)-catalyzed addition of aldehydes to cyclopropylidene bearing 6-aryl-1,5-enynes.

ABSTRACT: A diastereoselective, gold-catalyzed cascading cycloisomerization of alkylidene cyclopropane bearing 1,5-enynes that terminates in a cyclo-addition of aldehydes has been developed. This diastereoselective reaction provides convergent access to novel polycyclic molecular structures (18 examples), and tolerates a diverse scope of aldehydes. Mechanistic studies reveal that the catalytic cycle rests at a digold off-cycle intermediate, one of which was isolated.

SUBMITTER: Roselli CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5134929 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature