title: Gold catalysed synthesis of 3-alkoxyfurans at room temperature.
abstract: Synthetically important 3-alkoxyfurans can be prepared efficiently via treatment of acetal-containing propargylic alcohols (obtained from the addition of 3,3-diethoxypropyne to aldehydes) with 2 mol% gold catalyst in an alcohol solvent at room temperature. The resulting furans show useful reactivity in a variety of subsequent transformations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon St, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK. tom.sheppard@ucl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Matthew N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Pennell
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: Peter G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: Helen C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Hailes
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Tame
authors.forename: Tom D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Sheppard
mesh_terms: D000480:Alkynes / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D005663:Furans / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D020005:Propanols / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000480:Alkynes; D005663:Furans; D020005:Propanols; D006046:Gold; C028255:propargyl alcohol