Gold-catalyzed ring-expansion through acyl migration to afford furan-fused polycyclic compounds.

Changyuan ZhangHuan-Feng Jiang Shifa Zhu

Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2018)

A gold-catalyzed ring-expansion reaction of alkynones to access furan-fused polycyclic compounds is reported. Mechanistic studies revealed that the reaction might occur through a tandem 1,2-acyl migration/Friedel-Crafts reaction.

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