- Access to the protoilludane core by gold-catalyzed allene-vinylcyclopropane cycloisomerization.
Access to the protoilludane core by gold-catalyzed allene-vinylcyclopropane cycloisomerization.
Organic letters (2013-08-22)
Anthony Pitaval, David Leboeuf, Julien Ceccon, Antonio M Echavarren
PMID23962171
ABSTRACT
Gold(I)-catalyzed allene-vinylcyclopropane cycloisomerization leads to the tricyclic framework of the protoilludanes in a single step by a reaction that involves a cyclopropane ring expansion and a Prins cyclization.
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