This review considers phosphine and N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of gold (I) that are
used as (pre) catalysts for a range of reactions in organic synthesis. These are divided …

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 …

Gold catalysis in total synthesis – recent achievements - Chemical Society Reviews (RSC
Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C5CS00721F Royal Society of Chemistry View PDF VersionPrevious …

Homogeneous gold-catalyzed cyclopropanation has emerged as a powerful method in
organic synthesis due to its rich chemistry and fascinating reactivity. This thriving strategy is …

For a while, the reactivity of gold complexes was largely dominated by their Lewis acid
behavior. In contrast to the other transition metals, the elementary steps of organometallic …

Cycloisomerizations of enynes are probably the most representative carbon–carbon bond
forming reactions catalyzed by electrophilic metal complexes. These transformations are …

A combination of visible light photocatalysis and gold catalysis is applied to a ring expansion–
oxidative arylation reaction. The reaction provides an entry into functionalized cyclic ketones …

N-Containing tricyclic compounds, especially the tricyclic N-heterocycles, are important
structural motifs that possess significant potential in organic chemistry for their momentous …

Cationic gold complexes in which gold is bound to a formally divalent carbon atom, typically
formulated as gold carbenes or α-metallocarbenium ions, have been widely invoked in a …