Anti-Markovnikov hydroimination of terminal alkynes in gold-catalyzed pyridine construction from ammonia

• Main Authors: Wang, Liliang, Kong, Lingbing, Li, Yongxin, Ganguly, Rakesh, Kinjo, Rei
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Gold-catalyzed; hydroimination; ammonia; alkynes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80851; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/38840
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Gold-catalyzed hydroimination of terminal alkynes, giving rise to anti-Markovnikov adducts concomitant with unstable Markovnikov adducts is described. The elementary step can be applied for the construction of pyridine derivatives from ammonia and alkynes.