Au(i)-Catalyzed hydroarylation of alkenes with N,N-dialkylanilines: a dual gold catalysis concept

In the present work, we report the efficiency of the commercially available [(PPh3)AuCl] complex in combination with a set of potassium salts to catalyze the hydroarylation of a broad variety of alkenes using N,N-dialkylanilines, leading to full conversion and complete selectivity toward the Markovnikov products.