Abstract
Cyclopropenylmethyl acetates have been shown to undergo rapid and stereoselective gold catalyzed rearrangement to Z-acetoxydienes in high yield. DFT calculations have shown that while several reaction pathways can be envisaged only a single, ring-opening one operates.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4768-4771 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Organic Letters |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 21 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 5 Nov 2010 |