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

Gold catalysis has proven to be an important breakthrough for organic synthesis. The
tunable nature of gold catalysts, the unique properties of gold, and the mild reaction …

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 …

The present review “Iron Catalysis in Organic Synthesis” covers the literature until the end of
June 2014 and represents a comprehensive update of a previous article published by Bolm …

N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are cyclic carbenes bearing at least one R-amino
substituent. 1 The most common subclasses of NHCs are represented in Chart 1. Early work …

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

Gold has accompanied mankind from the very early days; no name of a chemist is
associated with the discovery of the element gold. It is probably the only chemical element …

Homogeneous gold catalysis has received growing attention over the past few years,
enabling the replacement of consolidated organic reactions with more simple, selective, and …

The ability of platinum and gold catalysts to effect powerful atom‐economic transformations
has led to a marked increase in their utilization. The quite remarkable correlation of their …