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ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS
Volume 356, Issue 1, Pages 221-228Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201300704
Keywords
cycloaddition; cyclobutenes; gold catalysis; mechanistic study
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- MICINN [CTQ2010-16088/BQU]
- AGAUR [2009 SGR 47]
- MEC (FPU fellowship)
- European Research Council [321066]
- ICIQ Foundation
- European Research Council (ERC) [321066] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
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From a series of gold complexes of the type [t-BuXPhosAu(MeCN)]X (X=anion), the best results in intermolecular gold(I)-catalyzed reactions are obtained with the complex with the bulky and soft anion BAr4F- [BAr4F-=3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenylborate] improving the original protocols by 10-30% yield. A kinetic study on the [2+2]cycloaddition reaction of alkynes with alkenes is consistent with an scenario in which the rate-determining step is the ligand exchange to generate the ((2)-phenylacetylene)gold(I) complex. We have studied in detail the subtle differences that can be attributed to the anion in this formation, which result in a substantial decrease in the formation of unproductive sigma,-(alkyne)digold(I) complexes by destabilizing the conjugated acid formed.
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