Metal-catalyzed highly Markovnikov-type selective hydrofunctionalization of terminal alkynes
provides a straightforward and atom-economical route to access 1, 1-disubstituted alkenes …

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 …

This Review examines recent developments in late transition metal-catalyzed
hydroamination and-amidation reactions. A hydroamination is a reaction in which an N− H …

After the long-held assumption of the unreactivity of gold, numerous reactions catalyzed by
this noble metal have been increasingly emerging in the literature over the past 2 decades …

Gold has emerged as a powerful synthetic tool in the chemist's arsenal. From the early use
of inorganic salts such as AuCl and AuCl3 as catalysts, the field has evolved to explore …

Artificial metalloenzymes result from anchoring an organometallic catalyst within an
evolvable protein scaffold. Thanks to its dimer of dimers quaternary structure, streptavidin …

The additions of various nucleophiles (XeH) to carbonecarbon (CeC) multiple bonds are of
prime importance in synthetic organic chemistry. These essentially simple reactions allow …

High yielding syntheses of 1‐(ferrocenylmethyl)‐3‐mesitylimidazolium iodide (1) and 1‐
(ferrocenylmethyl)‐3‐mesitylimidazol‐2‐ylidene (2) were developed. Complexation of 2 to …

This review covers the formation of N‐and S‐containing heterocycles, initiated by gold‐
catalyzed nucleophilic attack of N‐or S‐nucleophiles onto alkynes. These types of …

A novel synthesis of 2-phenyl-4-[(triisopropylsilyl) methyl] quinazolines from
monosubstituted arenes has been developed. Treatment of N-phenylbenzamidines with 5 …