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triazole 6 as a white solid. Mp 90-92 C. H-NMR (400 MHz; CDCl ): δ 7.80 (dd, J 8.2, 1.1 Hz, 2H), 7.48-7.44 (m,
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H), 7.40-7.38 (m, 1H), 4.66 (s, 2H), 3.70 (s, 3H), 1.98 (s, 6H); C-NMR (101 MHz; CDCl ): δ 172.1, 145.6, 141.0,
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30.0, 128.8, 128.6, 127.6, 68.2, 53.0, 25.3, 22.6. Calculated for C H BrN O [M+H] : 338.0499, Found:
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38.0499.
Synthesis of dimethyl 2,2'-{[(2,2'-bipyrrolidine)-1,1'-diylbis(methylene)]bis-(5-phenyl-2H-1,2,3-triazole-4,2-
diyl)}bis-(2-methylpropanoate) (ligand 7). A solution of 6 (674 mg, 2 mmol), (2R,2'R)-2,2'-bipyrrolidine (265
mg, 1.9 mmol) and potassium carbonate (410 mg, 3 mmol) in DCM (7 mL, 0.3 M) was stirred at room
temperature. The reaction was monitored for completion using TLC. Upon completion, water (10 mL) was
added and extractions using DCM (3x 15 mL) were performed. The organic layers were dried over sodium
sulfate, filtered and concentrated. The crude reaction mixture was then purified using column
chromatography (gradient from 5:1 to 1:1 hexanes ethyl acetate) to give 1.05 g (85% yield) of ligand 7 as a
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light yellow solid. mp 64-65 C, H-NMR (400 MHz; CDCl ): δ 7.94 (d, J 7.3 Hz, 4H), 7.37 (t, J 7.3 Hz, 4H), 7.31 (d,
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J 7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.97 (d, J 12.8 Hz, 2H), 3.66 (s, 6H), 3.51 (d, J 12.8 Hz, 2H), 2.83 (t, J 7.6 Hz, 2H), 2.76 (t, J 6.5 Hz,
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H), 2.28 (td, J 9.6, 6.8 Hz, 2H), 1.92 (2s, J 3.1 Hz, 12H), 1.77 (m, 4H), 1.63 (m, 4H); C-NMR (101 MHz; CDCl3):
δ 172.5, 146.0, 142.8, 131.2, 128.3, 128.1, 127.9, 67.5, 64.8, 54.7, 52.8, 49.6, 26.1, 25.4, 25.2, 23.9. Calculated
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for C H N O [M+H] : 655.3715, Found: 655.3726.
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Synthesis of complex 8. Ligand 7 (82 mg, 0.125 mmol) and Ph PAuCl (123 mg, 0.25 mmol) were dissolved in
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DCM (625 µL, 0.2 M) at room temperature. To this solution was added AgOTf (64 mg, 0.25 mmol). AgCl
immediately precipitated out of solution as a white solid. This solution stirred for 2 hours followed by gravity
filtration through two pipettes filled halfway with celite. The filtrate was then collected and concentrated to
give a light yellow solid. Recrystallization was then performed to give 190 mg (95% yield) of complex 8 as an
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off-white solid. H-NMR (400 MHz; CDCl ): δ 7.56-7.34 (m, 38H), 4.49 (m, 2H), 3.67 (s, 7H), 3.39 (s, 1H), 2.91 (s,
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H), 1.90 (m, 22H); C-NMR (101 MHz; CDCl ): δ 172.1, 134.1, 133.9, 133.8, 132.4, 129.6, 129.5, 129.4, 129.2,
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29.1, 128.1, 127.8, 68.7, 53.1, 25.2; P-NMR (162 MHz; CDCl ): δ 25.8.
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General procedure for alkyne hydration (Scheme 4). In an NMR tube, alkyne (phenylacetylene: 24 mg, 0.24
mmol; 1-hexyne: 20 mg, 0.24 mmol) complex 8 (5 mg, 0.0024 mmol) and p-xylene (25 mg, 0.24 mmol, internal
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standard) were dissolved in deuterated methanol ( 0.6 mL, 0.4 M). The reaction was then heated to 50 C and
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monitored every 10 minutes by H NMR until completion.
Acknowledgements
We would like to acknowledge the financial support of the NSF (CHE-1619590), NIH(1R01GM120240-01) and
NSFC (21629201).
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