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RESEARCH PRODUCT

AuX3-Mediated Selective Head-to-Head Dimerization of Difluoropropargyl Amides

Carlos Del PozoSantos FusteroBegona FernandezGerald B. HammondPaula Bello

subject

Head to headStereochemistryChemistrymedicine.drug_classOrganic ChemistrymedicineChemical reductionCarboxamideReactivity (chemistry)SelectivityReductive elimination

description

A dimerization of difluoropropargyl amides by reaction with gold(III) halides is described. A reductive elimination of a divinylgold species can be invoked to rationalize its formation. Initial studies of the unusual reactivity of these 1,4-dihalo-1,3-dienes have been performed.

https://doi.org/10.1021/jo9013436