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Synfacts 2009(6): 0664-0664  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1216686
Metal-Mediated Synthesis
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Gold-Catalyzed Addition of Sulfonic Acids to Alkynes

Contributor(s): Paul Knochel, Andrei Gavryushin
D.-M. Cui*, Q. Meng, J.-Z. Zheng, C. Zhang*
Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou and Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P. R. of China
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25 May 2009 (online)

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Alkenyl sulfonates are important building blocks in synthetic chemistry, especially as electrophiles in cross-coupling reactions. The authors developed a new gold-catalyzed addition of sulfonic acids to alkynes to provide alkenyl sulfonates. The reaction proceeds under mild conditions with high regio- and stereoselectivity.