Over the past decade the organometallic chemistry of gold (III) has seen remarkable
advances. This includes the synthesis of the first examples of several compound classes that …

Gold-catalyzed reactions have witnessed an exponential growth in the past decade. When
the unique modes of activation exhibited by gold species meet species with either …

Biaryls (two directly connected aromatic rings, Ar1-Ar2) are common motifs in
pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and organic materials. Current methods for establishing …

The utility of homogeneous gold complexes as carbophilic π–acids has been heretofore well
established, with numerous reports of gold-catalyzed reactions initiated by addition of …

A series of (NHC) AuICl (1, NHC= N, N '-bis (2, 6-diisopropylphenyl) imidazol-2-ylidene (IPr);
2, NHC= N, N '-bis (2, 4, 6-trimethylphenyl) imidazol-2-ylidene (IMes); 3, NHC= N, N '-bis (2 …

Due to the so‐called “antibiotic resistance crisis” new antibacterial agents are urgently
sought to treat multidrug‐resistant pathogens. A group of gold‐or silver‐based complexes, of …

Three isomorphic cocrystals were obtained via the crystallization of [PPN][AuCl2](1) from
CHBr3 (1· CHBr3), or CHCl3/1, 2-C2F4Br2 (1· CHCl3) and CH2Cl2/Et2O (1· CH2Cl2) …

Two isostructural trans-[MI2 (CNXyl) 2]· I2 (M= Pd or Pt; CNXyl= 2, 6-dimethylphenyl
isocyanide) metallopolymeric cocrystals containing uncommon bifurcated iodine···(metal …

Monomeric complexes of the type AuIII (PR3) X3 and bimetallic complexes of the type Au2I,
III [μ-CH2 (R2P) 2] X4 and Au2III, III [μ-CH2 (R2P) 2] X6 (R= Ph, Cy, X= Cl−, Br−) undergo …

Among the known types of non-covalent interactions with a Au (I) metal center, Au (I)
involving halogen bonding (XB) remains a rare phenomenon that has not been studied …