Synfacts 2010(1): 0093-0093  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1218430
Metal-Mediated Synthesis
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart ˙ New York

A Facile Gold-Catalyzed Synthesis of Heterocycles from Propargyl Alcohols

Contributor(s): Paul Knochel, Andrei Gavryushin
A. Aponick*, C.-Y. Li, J. Malinge, E. F. Marques
University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
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Publication History

Publication Date:
21 December 2009 (online)

Significance

Heterocycles such as furans, pyrroles, and thiophenes are widely spread cores found in biologically active natural products as well as pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals. The herein reported gold-catalyzed cycloisomerization of easily available propargylic alcohols provides a simple access to numerous derivatives of these important heterocycles.