title: Gold- and silver-catalyzed highly regioselective addition of active methylenes to dienes, triene, and cyclic enol ethers.
abstract: The combination of gold and silver salts catalyzed the addition of active methylenes to dienes, triene, and cyclic enol ethers with high regioselectivity. The catalysis provides a synthetically useful method for functionalized carbocycles and heterocycles through a highly atom-economical carbon-carbon bond formation. [reaction: see text]
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6, Canada.
authors.forename: Rene-Viet
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Xiao-Quan
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: D Scott
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Bohle
authors.forename: Chao-Jun
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Li