Dong Ding, Tao Mou, Jiahui Xue and Xuefeng Jiang
Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 5279-5282
DOI:
10.1039/C7CC01861D,
Communication
A chemo- and regio-selectively controllable approach for construction of diverse benzo-heterocycles is established. A new strategy for using the ligand effect in gold catalysis to control the regioselectivity in the cyclization of o-alkynyl-N-methoxyl-benzamide is successfully achieved. Meanwhile, the chemoselectivity between nitrogen and oxygen nucleophiles is precisely switched by gold and platinum catalysts.