This review describes the gold-catalyzed reactions of specially activated alkynes, allenes,
and alkenes. Such species are characterized by the presence of either electron-donating or …

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 …

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

In the past decade, there have been many extraordinary advances in the development of
gold‐catalyzed enantioselective annulations, such as cycloadditions, cyclizations …

Many mechanistically intriguing reactions have been developed in the last decade using
gold (I) as catalyst. Here we review the main mechanistic proposals in gold-catalysed …

The iridium-catalyzed borylation of mono-and disubstituted arenes and heteroarenes has
been studied with density functional theory. The distortion/interaction model was employed …

Two new gold‐catalyzed annulations of isoxazoles with propiolates have been developed.
Most isoxazoles follow an initial O attack on the alkyne to afford a [4+ 1] annulation product …

The enantioselective intermolecular gold (I)-catalyzed [2+ 2] cycloaddition of terminal
alkynes and alkenes has been achieved using non-C 2-chiral Josiphos digold (I) complexes …

Presents the most innovative results in carbene chemistry, setting the foundation for new
discoveries and applications The discovery of stable carbenes has reinvigorated carbene …

Gold (I) catalysts are ideal for the activation of alkynes under very mild conditions. However,
unlike allenes or alkenes, the triple bond of alkynes cannot be prochiral. In addition, the …