Elsevier, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, (795), p. 53-57, 2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2015.02.003
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The gold-catalyzed cycloisomerization of tetrasubstituted [3]-cumulenols has been investigated. Overall, two main pathways are followed. In the presence of a gold(III) catalyst, a dehydration process prevails giving diastereomerically pure dienynes while gold(I) catalysts favor the cycloisomerization to provide trisubstituted furan derivatives.