Vinylidenecyclopropanes 1 can undergo intramolecular rearrangement to give the corresponding functionalized 1,2-dihydronaphthalenes in the presence of gold catalyst under mild conditions. A plausible rearrangement mechanism has been proposed on the basis of control experiments.
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