ChemInform Abstract: Gold(I)-Catalyzed Synthesis of γ-Hydroxyketones from 5-Allyloxy-1-ynes.

✍ Scribed by Jae Youp Cheong; Donghong Im; Miryeong Lee; Wontaeck Lim; Young Ho Rhee

• Book ID: 102059716
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2011
• Weight: 47 KB
• Volume: 42
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0931-7597
• DOI: 10.1002/chin.201116030

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

It is found that treatment of 5‐allyloxy‐1‐ynes with catalytic amounts of Au(I) complex in aqueous solution results in unexpected formation of γ‐hydroxyketones like (II), (IV), and (VI).