Synthesis of 2-phenylnaphthalenes through gold-catalyzed dimerization via a highly selective carbon nucleophile pathway

摘要

A protocol for the facile synthesis of 2-phenylnaphthalene has been developed. The benzyl carbon acts as a nucleophilic center in the presence of the amide nitrogen and acetate oxygen, affording the selective formation of a naphthalene scaffold through the dimerization of the reactants.