“…By means of dual gold catalysis, new highly reactive intermediates prone for fruitful downstream reactions are feasible. If 1,5‐diynes incorporated in a phenylene backbone are employed, a 5‐ endo ‐ dig ‐cyclization via the β‐carbon atom of the acetylide moiety as nucleophilic centre leads to the generation of gold vinylidenes II (Scheme , top left ) –,,,,,. These highly electrophilic species were shown to react even with unactivated C( sp 2 )–H as well as C( sp 3 )–H bonds.…”