Anti-Addition Mechanism in the Intramolecular Hydroalkoxylation of Alkenes Catalyzed by PVP-Stabilized Nanogold.docVIP

Molecules 2012, 17, 2579-2586; doi:10.3390/moleculeOPEN ACCESS molecules ISSN 1420-3049 /journal/molecules Communication Anti-Addition Mechanism in the Intramolecular Hydroalkoxylation of Alkenes Catalyzed by PVP-Stabilized Nanogold Hiroaki Kitahara and Hidehiro Sakurai * Research Center for Molecular Scale Nanoscience, Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan; E-Mail: ammuruga@ims.ac.jp * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: hsakurai@ims.ac.jp; Tel.: +81-564-59-5525; Fax: +81-564-59-5527. Received: 13 February 2012; in revised for