title: Synthesis of 2-phenylnaphthalenes through gold-catalyzed dimerization via a highly selective carbon nucleophile pathway.
abstract: A protocol for the facile synthesis of 2-phenylnaphthalene has been developed. The benzyl carbon acts as a nucleophilic center in the presence of the amide nitrogen and acetate oxygen, affording the selective formation of a naphthalene scaffold through the dimerization of the reactants.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Sinan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jinfang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hualiang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000577:Amides / Q000737:chemistry; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D019281:Dimerization; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000737:chemistry; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D009281:Naphthalenes; D002244:Carbon; D006046:Gold; D009584:Nitrogen; D010100:Oxygen