Synthesis 2018; 50(07): 1402-1416
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1591762
short review
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Product Divergence in Coinage-Metal-Catalyzed Reactions of π-Rich Compounds

Joshua William Boyle
a   School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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Yichao Zhao
a   School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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a   School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
b   Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom   Email: phil.chan@monash.edu   Email: p.w.h.chan@warwick.ac.uk
› Author Affiliations
This short review article was supported by a Discovery Project Grant (DP160101682) from the Australian Research Council. All present and past group members whose names appear in the references are also thanked for their invaluable contributions.
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Publication History

Received: 05 December 2017

Accepted after revision: 12 January 2018

Publication Date:
12 February 2018 (online)


Abstract

This short review aims to summarize how the product outcome of reactions of a common starting material can sometimes be controlled by the judicious choice of copper, silver or gold as the catalyst. It highlights the different reactivities observed in the functional group transformations of π-rich substrates mediated by the three group 11 metal salts.

1 Introduction

2 Reactions of Propargyl Amines, Esters and Their Derivatives

3 Reactions of Phenylacetylene Derivatives

4 Reactions of π-Rich Alcohols and Ethers

5 Indolyl Cyclopropene and Alkynone Rearrangements

6 Reactions Involving Metal-Carbene and Metal-Carbenoid Intermediates

7 Conclusion