In this contribution, we provide an overview of the main avenues that have emerged in gold
coordination chemistry during the last years. The unique properties of gold have motivated …

Allenes are the simplest class of cumulenes, with two contiguous C C bonds, and show
unique physical and chemical properties. These features make allenes particularly attractive …

Allenes are highly valuable synthetic precursors in preparative organic chemistry because of
their ability to undergo a variety of transformations. 1 Among many different reaction modes …

Gold chemistry has developed extensively in the past decade, and a dozen good reviews
have been presented discussing this progress. Few however have paid close attention to …

Despite the ubiquity of metallic gold (Au) in popular culture, its deployment in homogeneous
catalysis has only recently undergone widespread investigation. In the past decade, and …

Thanks to its unusual stability, metallic gold has been used for thousands of years in jewelry,
currency, chinaware, and so forth. However, gold had not become the chemists'“precious …

Allenes have always fascinated chemists because of the intriguing features of the cumulated
diene function such as the higher reactivity compared to simple alkenes and the peculiar …

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

Anatomy of gold catalysts: facts and myths - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry (RSC Publishing)
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The use of gold (I) complexes as catalysts for organic transformations has become
increasingly common over the past decade, leading to the development of a number of …