Facile access to 1,3-diketones by gold(i)-catalyzed regioselective hydration of ynones

• DOI: 10.1039/c9ob00494g
• Publication Date: 2019-03-25T23:04:12Z
• Authors: Jinqiang Kuang; Tao Zhou; Tingjie You; Jianhui Chen; Chenliang Su; Yuanzhi Xia
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

A regioselective hydration of ynones was developed via gold catalysis, providing a simple, mild, and efficient method for the synthesis of a variety of 1,3-diketone derivatives.