RT Journal Article T1 Skeletal diversity in Pt- and Au-catalyzed annulations of allenedienes: dissecting unconventional mechanistic pathways A1 Nelson, Ronald A1 Calvelo Souto, Martín A1 García Fandiño, Rebeca A1 Lledós, Agustí A1 Ujaque, Gregori A1 Mascareñas Cid, José Luis A1 López García, Fernando AB We describe the discovery of unprecedented annulation processes of 1,7-allenedienes, promoted by Pt or Au catalysts. These transformations revealed mechanistic pathways that had not been previously observed in reactions involving carbophilic catalysis. In particular, we have found that allenedienes bearing a silyl ether in the carbon tether connecting the diene and the allene divergently afford cyclopropane-embedded tricyclic derivatives, 6,6-fused bicarbocyclic products or 5,6-fused bicarbocyclic systems, depending on the type of Au or Pt catalyst used. We have carried out experimental and computational studies that shed light on the mechanistic reasons behind this rich and unusual skeletal divergence, and provide new lessons on the drastic influence of platinum ancillary ligands on the reaction outcome PB Royal Society of Chemistry YR 2020 FD 2020 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/22785 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/22785 LA eng NO Chem. Sci., 2020,11, 4209-4220 NO This work received financial support from the Spanish MINECO (SAF2016-76689-R, CTQ2016-77047-P, CTQ2017-84767-P, CTQ2017-87889-P, RYC-2016-20335 and RTI2018-098795-A-I00), the Xunta de Galicia (ED431C 2017/19, 2015-CP082, Centro Singular de Investigación de Galicia accreditation 2019–2022, ED431G 2019/03 and predoctoral fellowship ED481A-2017/068 to M. C.), the ERDF, ERC (Adv. Grant No. 340055), the Orfeo-Cinqa network (CTQ2016-81797-REDC) and CONICYT (grant to RN: PFCHA/72130218) DS Minerva RD 30 abr 2026