This review describes the gold-catalyzed reactions of specially activated alkynes, allenes,
and alkenes. Such species are characterized by the presence of either electron-donating or …

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 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 …

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 …

Synthetic chemists are constantly challenged to consider more environmentally benign
methods for generation of the desired target molecules. 1 Recently, there has been an …

Substituted heterocycles are a structural component of a vast number of biologically active
natural and non-natural compounds. Synthesis of various heterocycles has been a research …

In the past four decades, allenes have progressively risen from an unenviable status of
being a structural curiosity to becoming one of the most powerful and versatile synthetic …

Heterocyclic synthesis involving transition metal complexes has become of common use in
the past decade because a transition-metal-catalyzed reaction can directly build …

However, despite its high efficiency in alkyne and allene activation, gold catalysts, like many
other transition metal complexes, inherit some limitations that prevent them from being …

Despite the extensive use of gold and gold salts in heterogeneous catalysis since the 1960s,
1 the golden era of homogeneous gold catalysis has begun at the end of the 20th century …