He J, Cao T, Chen K, Zhu S. Leveraging Nonstrained C-C Bonds for Selective Carboacylation of an Unactivated Alkyne via Transient Dearomatization.
Org Lett 2024;
26:2596-2600. [PMID:
38535522 DOI:
10.1021/acs.orglett.4c00608]
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Abstract
Carboacylation of an unsaturated bond represents a powerful transformation. However, only a few examples of carboacylation of alkyne have been reported through C-C bond scission and reconnection. Here, we report a method of carboacylation of an unactivated alkyne by utilizing nonstrained C-C bonds under gold(I) catalysis. The density functional theory computational and experimental studies reveal that the reaction proceeds through a C-to-C formal 1,3-acyl migration via a solvent cage-nested acylium cation.
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