Au(I)-catalyzed highly efficient intermolecular hydroamination of alkynes.
[reaction: see text] Addition of aniline derivatives to aromatic and aliphatic alkynes proceeds efficiently in the presence of a gold(I) catalyst (0.01-1.0 mol %) to afford ketimines in good yields
Mizushima
Eiichiro
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Research Institute for Green Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 5, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan.
Hayashi
Teruyuki
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Tanaka
Masato
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