Homogeneous gold catalysis has experienced extraordinary development since the dawn of
this millennium. Oxidative gold catalysis is a vibrant and fertile subfield and has over the …

Multicomponent reactions (MCRs) have emerged as an important branch in organic
synthesis for the creation of complex molecular structures from more than two starting …

Catalytic oxidative functionalization of alkynes has emerged as an effective method in
synthetic chemistry in recent decades. However, enantioselective transformations via metal …

Herein, we report an achiral dirhodium complex and chiral phosphoric acid cooperatively
catalyzed asymmetric three-component reaction of enynal with alcohol and imine, affording …

Visible light mediated functionalizations have significantly expanded the scope of alkynes by
unraveling new mechanistic pathways and enabling their transformation to diverse structural …

We report an azido-alkynylation of alkenes allowing a straightforward access to
homopropargylic azides by combining hypervalent iodine reagents and alkynyl …

An overview of the current state of mechanistic understanding of gold-catalyzed
intermolecular alkyne hydrofunctionalization reactions is presented. Moving from the …

An oxidative strategy is reported to access α‐oxo BMIDA gold carbenes directly from BMIDA‐
terminated alkynes. Besides offering expedient access to seldom studied boryl metal …

The construction of functionalized cyclopropanes is a hot topic in synthetic chemistry as they
are important 3C starting materials and privileged structures in medicinal chemistry. By …

The gold‐catalyzed annulation of alkynylsulfones, involving pyridine N‐oxides (as O‐atom
transfer reagents) and nitriles (as C= N synthons), comprises a diazo‐free route to valuable …