Following the discovery in 1989 that gold could be used to catalyze aerobic reactions, chemists have been researching the effect of gold cluster size on reactions and using it as a catalyst for biochemical, inorganic, and organic processes. Recently, it has been shown that BINAP-Stabilized undecagold nanoclusters, meaning a core of 11 atoms of gold, are optically active catalysts and would produce substances also possessing chiroptical properties. Our work involving the intramolecular hydroamination of unfunctionalized alkenes using toluenesulfonamide and catalyzed by BINAP-Stabilized undecagold clusters will be discussed. The chiral properties, the regiochemistry, and the stereoselectivity of the product will be presented. The use of <sup>1</sup>H-NMR spectroscopy made it possible to confirm the reactants and products.

Intramolecular hydroamination of unfunctionalized alkenes in the presence of gold catalysts

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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