Highly active phosphite gold(I) catalysts for intramolecular hydroalkoxylation, enyne cyclization and furanyne cyclization

Maria Camila Blanco Jaimes; Frank Rominger; Mariette M Pereira; Rui M B Carrilho; Sónia A C Carabineiro; A Stephen K Hashmi

doi:10.1039/c4cc00839a

Highly active phosphite gold(I) catalysts for intramolecular hydroalkoxylation, enyne cyclization and furanyne cyclization

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 May 18;50(38):4937-40. doi: 10.1039/c4cc00839a.

Authors

Maria Camila Blanco Jaimes¹, Frank Rominger, Mariette M Pereira, Rui M B Carrilho, Sónia A C Carabineiro, A Stephen K Hashmi

Affiliation

¹ Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. hashmi@hashmi.de.

PMID: 24700111
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc00839a

Abstract

New and highly active mononuclear phosphite gold(I) catalysts are described. Turn-over numbers up to 37,000 for the furan-yne reaction and up to 28,000,000 for the two-fold hydroalkoxylation of alkynes are reported.