Reported herein is a ligand-enabled gold-catalyzed C(sp2)–O cross-coupling reaction of aryl iodides and aliphaticalcohols. The synthesis of a variety of aryl alkyl ethers including complex biomolecules and various medicinally relevant motifs has been achieved to demonstrate the usefulness of the method. The importance of gold catalysis has been highlighted by overcoming the selectivity issues that
A series of oligo-m- and p-benzanilides were made and their conformations in solution were studied by NMR. In most cases, conformational mixtures were observed as soon as three or more monomers were incorporated into the oligomer. Some crystal structures were obtained, which indicated that helical conformations were adopted in the solid state. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.