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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

The strong σ-donor but poor π-acceptor abilities of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) result in
chemical stability and coordination versatility, thus allowing them to coordinate with many …

A new strategy for enantioselective transition-metal catalysis is presented, wherein a H-bond
donor placed on the ligand of a cationic complex allows precise positioning of the chiral …

Anatomy of gold catalysts: facts and myths - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry (RSC Publishing)
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Hold me close: Highly enantioselective catalysis of tandem acetalization/cycloisomerization
reactions of o‐alkynylbenzaldehydes has been achieved using gold complexes of chiral …