Highly efficient addition of activated methylene compounds to alkenes catalyzed by gold and silver.
A highly efficient intermolecular addition of 1,3-diketones to alkenes catalyzed by AuCl3/AgOTf was developed. A mechanistic rationale for the reaction has been proposed via a alpha-C-H activation.
Yao
Xiaoquan
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Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6, Canada.
Li
Chao-Jun
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