Gold Redox Catalysis with a Selenium Cation as a Mild Oxidant.
Chemistry
; 26(27): 5946-5950, 2020 May 12.
Article
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| ID: mdl-32037616
ABSTRACT
Gold-catalyzed alkyne and allene diselenations were developed. Excellent regioselectivity (trans) and good to excellent yields were achieved (up to 98 % with 2 % catalyst loading) with a wide range of substrates. Mechanistic investigation revealed the formation of a vinyl gold(I) intermediate followed by an intermolecular selenium cation migration, suggesting that a gold(I/III) redox process was successfully implemented under mild conditions.