title: Experimental and theoretical investigation into the gold-catalyzed reactivity of cyclopropenylmethyl acetates.
abstract: Cyclopropenylmethyl acetates have been shown to undergo rapid and stereoselective gold catalyzed rearrangement to Z-acetoxydienes in high yield. DFT calculations have shown that while several reaction pathways can be envisaged only a single, ring-opening one operates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Fullerton, California 92831, United States.
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Seraya
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Slack
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ariafard
authors.forename: Brian F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Yates
authors.forename: Christopher J T
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Hyland