title: Au-catalyzed reaction of propargylic sulfides and dithioacetals.
abstract: Propargylic sulfides and dithioacetals are found to undergo similar transformations as propargylic carboxylates when catalyzed by AuCl or AuCl3, affording indene derivatives through pentannulation of aromatic rings. The reaction presumably involves Au carbene as the reactive intermediate.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Sciences, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Lingling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Xiu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shiwei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jianbo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang