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. 2017 Feb 14;8:14043. doi: 10.1038/ncomms14043

Figure 1. Design of ligand-directed gold catalysis approach to diverse scaffolds.

Figure 1

The approach explores the potential of a common substrate, supporting a privileged oxindole ring system and carrying enyne functional groups that can be influenced differently to follow distinct reaction pathways and thereby generating distinct scaffolds. In particular, ligand variations in the catalytic gold complex can steer the common spirooxindole gold carbene intermediate, formed by gold(I)-mediated 6-endo-dig cycloisomerization, to different rearrangements and leading to diverse scaffolds. Het, heterocycle.