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. 2014 Jan 13;356(1):221–228. doi: 10.1002/adsc.201300704

Table 2.

Intermolecular gold(I)-catalyzed [2+2] cycloaddition between alkynes (1a–n) and α-methylstyrene (2a)[a]Inline graphic

Entry R Catalyst Product (Yield [%])[b]
1 Ph (1a) A1 3a (80)[c]
2 A2 3a (95)
3 p-Tol (1b) A1 3b (74)[c]
4 A2 3b (86)
5 p-MeOC6H4 (1c) A1 3c (68)[c]
6 A2 3c (64)
7 p-FC6H4 (1d) A1 3d (75)[c]
8 A2 3 d (84)
9 p-ClC6H4 (1e) A1 3e (61)[c]
10 A2 3 e (91)
11 p-BrC6H4 (1f) A1 3f (74)[c]
12 A2 3 f (97)
13 m-MeOC6H4 (1g) A1 3g (80)
14 A2 3g (78)
15 m-Tol (1h) A1 3h (78)[c]
16 A2 3h (91)
17 m-HOC6H4 (1i) A1 3i (74)[c]
18 A2 3i (98)
19 m-FC6H4 (1j) A1 3j (67)
20 A2 3j (77)
21 m-ClC6H4 (1k) A1 3k (60)
22 A2 3k (83)
23 o-MeOC6H4 (1l) A1 3l (30)
24 A2 3l (24)
25 3-thienyl (1m) A1 3m (84)
26 A2 3m (86)
27 cyclopropyl (1n) A1 3n (46)[c]
28 A2 3n (35)

[a] 2a/1a–n=2:1.

[b] Isolated yields.

[c] Ref.[3]