Marta Solas

Intermolecular water attack to alkenylgold carbenes derived from 3-propargylindoles

An intermolecular hydroxylation of α,β-unsaturated gold carbene intermediates, generated from readily accessible 3-propargylindoles through a tandem 1,2-indole migration–hydroxylation sequence using water as an external nucleophile, has been developed. Under mild reaction conditi...