Gold- or Silver-Catalyzed Syntheses of Pyrones and Pyridine Derivatives: Mechanistic and Synthetic Aspects

3‐Oxo‐5‐alkynoic acid esters, on treatment with a carbophilic catalyst, undergo 6‐endo‐dig cyclization reactions to furnish either 2‐pyrones or 4‐pyrones in high yields. The regiochemical course can be dialed in by the proper choice of the alcohol part of the ester and the π‐acid. This transformatio...

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