Experimental and theoretical investigation into the gold-catalyzed reactivity of cyclopropenylmethyl acetates.
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.
Seraya
Elaine
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Fullerton, California 92831, United States.
Slack
Eric
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Ariafard
Alireza
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Yates
Brian F
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Hyland
Christopher J T
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