RT Journal Article T1 Rare Gold-Catalyzed 4-exo-dig Cyclization for Ring Expansion of Propargylic Aziridines toward Stereoselective (Z)‑Alkylidene Azetidines, via Diborylalkyl Homopropargyl Amines A1 Salvadó, Oriol A1 Pérez Ruíz, Jorge A1 Mesas, Alba A1 Díaz Requejo, María Mar A1 Pérez Romero, Pedro José A1 Fernández Gutiérrez, Elena AB We report an uncommon 4-exo-dig cyclization of N-tosyl homopropargyl amines, catalyzed by [AuCl(PEt3)]/AgOTf, to prepare stereoselective (Z)-2-alkylidene-1-tosylazetidine compounds. The reaction outcome contrasts with the gold-catalyzed cyclization of N-tosyl homopropargyl amines containing a methyl group at the propargylic position that provides substituted 2,3-dihydropyrroles via a 5-endo-dig mechanism. The access to N-tosyl homopropargyl amines is possible by the regioselective nucleophilic attack of α-diboryl alkylidene lithium salts to propargylic aziridines PB American Chemical Society SN 1523-7060 SN 1523-7052 (electrónico) YR 2024 FD 2024-09 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/24247 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/24247 LA eng NO Salvadó, O., Pérez-Ruíz, J., Mesas, A., Díaz-Requejo, M. M., Pérez, P. J., & Fernández, E. (2024). Rare Gold-Catalyzed 4-exo-dig Cyclization for Ring Expansion of Propargylic Aziridines toward Stereoselective (Z)-Alkylidene Azetidines, via Diborylalkyl Homopropargyl Amines. In Organic Letters (Vol. 26, Issue 36, pp. 7535–7540). American Chemical Society (ACS). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c02415 NO The authors thank Ministerio de Economía y Competitividadand Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) throughProjects PID2022-141693NB-I00, PID2020-113797RB-C21,and RED2022-134074-T, founded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and “ERDF-A Way of Making Europe” DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva RD 29 may 2026