Abstract
This work reports the novel gold-catalyzed [3+ 2]/[2+2]-annulation of allylsilane with Amethoxybut-2-yn-l-ols that yields highly strained bicyclo[3.2.0]heptene products efficiently and stereoselectively. © 2010 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.