Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.133, No.31, 11952-11955, 2011
Cyclopropanation with Gold(I) Carbenes by Retro-Buchner Reaction from Cycloheptatrienes
Cationic gold(I) promotes the retro-Buchner reaction of 7-substituted 1,3,5-cycloheptatrienes, leading to gold(I) carbenes that cyclopropanate alkenes.