Construction of cyclic enones via gold-catalyzed oxygen transfer reactions

• Leping Liu,
• Bo Xu and
• Gerald B. Hammond

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 606–614, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.71

• cyclization of internal diynes. Proposed solvolysis/cyclization mechanism. Gold-catalyzed cyclization of alkynyl epoxides and the 18O isotopic labeling experiment. Proposed oxygen transfer mechanism. Gold or silver-catalyzed cyclization of alkynyl epoxides and the corresponding deuterium labeling experiment.