Au-Catalyzed Formation of Functionalized Quinolines from 2-Alkynyl Alkyl Azides Derivatives

Colombe Gronnier (1) , Guillaume Boissonnat (1) , Fabien Gagosz (1)

1 DCSO - Laboratoire de synthèse organique

A new method for converting 2-alkynyl arylazide derivatives into functionalized polysubstituted quinolines following a gold-catalyzed 1,3-acetoxy shift/cyclization/1,2-group shift sequence has been developed. This transformation proceeds under mild reaction conditions, is efficient, and tolerates a large variety of functional groups.

Colombe Gronnier, Guillaume Boissonnat, Fabien Gagosz. Au-Catalyzed Formation of Functionalized Quinolines from 2-Alkynyl Alkyl Azides Derivatives. Organic Letters, 2013, 15 (16), pp.4234-4237. ⟨10.1021/ol4019634⟩. ⟨hal-00966614⟩