RT Journal Article T1 Gold-catalyzed naphthalene functionalization A1 Pérez Romero, Pedro José A1 Díaz Requejo, María Mar A1 Rivilla de la Cruz, Iván AB The complexes IPrMCl (IPr = 1,3-bis(diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene, M = Cu, 1a; M = Au, 1b) in the presence of one equiv of NaBAr’4 (Ar’ = tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate) catalyze the transfer of carbene groups :C(R)CO2Et (R = H, Me) from N2C(R)CO2Et affording products depending of the nature of the metal center. The copper-based catalyst exclusively provides a cycloheptatriene derivative from the Büchner reaction whereas the gold analog gives a mixture of products derived either from the formal insertion of the carbene unit into the aromatic C-H bond or from its addition to a double bond. In addition, no byproducts derived from carbene coupling are observed PB Beilstein-Institut SN 1860-5397 (electrónico) YR 2011 FD 2011 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/11558 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/11558 LA eng NO Pérez Romero, P.J., Díaz Requejo, M.M., Rivilla de la Cruz, I.: "Gold-catalyzed naphthalene functionalization". Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 653–657.ol. 7, págs. 653–657, (2011). DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.7.77 NO DGI (CTQ2008-00042BQU and Consolider Ingenio 2010, Grant CSD2006-0003) and Junta de Andalucía (P07-FQM-02870) DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva RD 31 may 2026