Homogeneous gold catalysis has experienced extraordinary development since the dawn of
this millennium. Oxidative gold catalysis is a vibrant and fertile subfield and has over the …

Catalytic transformations involving metal carbenes are considered one of the most important
aspects of homogeneous transition metal catalysis. Recently, gold-catalyzed generation of …

The catalyst-directed divergent synthesis, commonly termed as “divergent catalysis”, has
emerged as a promising technique as it allows chartering of structurally distinct products …

Three-and four-membered rings, widespread motifs in nature and medicinal chemistry, have
fascinated chemists ever since their discovery. However, due to energetic considerations …

For centuries, gold had been considered a precious, purely decorative inert metal. It was not
until 1986 that Ito and Hayashi described the first application of gold (I) in homogeneous …

Presented herein is the first report of enantioselective Au (I)/Au (III) redox catalysis, enabled
by a newly designed hemilabile chiral (P, N)-ligand (ChetPhos). The potential of this concept …

Interest in homogeneous gold catalysis has undergone a marked increase. As strong yet air-
and moisture-tolerant π-acids, cationic gold (I) complexes have been shown to catalyze …

The two main strategies of gold-catalysed oxidative cyclisation are discussed in this tutorial.
The first one employs nucleophilic oxidants as either internal or external nucleophiles. The …

Metal carbenes usually possess versatile reactivities that are controlled by the presence of
both the metals and the ligands. Diazo compounds are commonly used for the generation of …

Cyclopropanes, one of the most important strained rings, have gained much attention for
more than a century because of their interesting and unique reactivity. They not only exist in …