Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 98(55), p. 14769-14772, 2019
DOI: 10.1039/c9cc06652g
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α-Imino gold carbene intermediate is produced from 1-(2′-azidoaryl) propynols, which triggers a 1,2-carbon migration and is converted to 2,3-disubstituted 4-quinolones. The reaction works under mild conditions and tolerates various functional groups.