Gold(III)-Catalyzed Enynamine–Cyclopentadiene Cycloisomerization with Chirality Transfer: An Experimental and Theoretical Study Indicating Involvement of Dual Au(III) Push–Pull Assisted <i>cis</i>–<i>trans</i> Isomerism
been established from chiral enynamines by achiral Au(III) catalysis. On the basis of experimental and theoretical data, the proposed mechanistic pathway from enynamines to Cps occurs via a Au(III) ene cis–trans isomerization step. Computational studies at DFT and NEVPT2 levels advocate that the cis–trans isomerization step proceeds via a dual Au(III) push–pull assisted intermediate with a low computed