Gold(I)-catalyzed synthesis of furans and pyrroles via alkyne hydration

Pierrick Nun, Stephanie Dupuy, Sylvain Gaillard, Albert Poater, Luigi Cavallo, Steven Patrick Nolan

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Abstract

Furans and pyrroles were prepared via the gold(I)-catalyzed
alkyne hydration of diynes. The use of [Au(IPr)OH] as
precatalyst in a silver-free protocol permits low catalyst loadings
and in situ generation of the active cationic gold species. A
detailed computational study confirmed the experimental results
and supports the proposed mechanism
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)58-61
Number of pages4
JournalCatalysis Science and Technology
Volume1
Early online date31 Jan 2011
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

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