title: Platinum-catalysed bisindolylation of allenes: a complementary alternative to gold catalysis.
abstract: Pt versus Au: Platinum-catalysed addition of nucleophiles to allenes follows a distinctly different pathway to the process catalysed by gold(I) complexes; the platinum catalyst leads to different products with indoles involving a bisindolylation reaction, whereas gold(I) gives allyl indoles from a single addition (see scheme).
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Earlham Road, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK. M.Munoz-Herranz@uea.ac.uk
authors.forename: María Paz
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.forename: María C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: de la Torre
authors.forename: Miguel Angel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sierra
mesh_terms: D000475:Alkenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D007211:Indoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D010984:Platinum / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000475:Alkenes; D007211:Indoles; D010984:Platinum; D006046:Gold