Cyclic (alkyl)-and (aryl)-(amino) carbenes (CAACs and CAArCs) are stronger σ-donors and
π-acceptors than imidazol-2-ylidenes and imidazolidin-2-ylidenes, the well-known N …

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

1. INTRODUCTION Bulk gold, being the most stable among all metals, was for many years
considered as an inert catalyst. However, gold particles with size on the scale of nanometers …

For a while, the reactivity of gold complexes was largely dominated by their Lewis acid
behavior. In contrast to the other transition metals, the elementary steps of organometallic …

Homogeneous gold catalysis has been one of the most active research fields in organic
chemistry for more than a decade, and it has been also among the most efficient …

Alkyl amines represent an important class of chemicals with multiple applications in our daily
life. Among the different routes to alkyl amines, the catalytic hydroamination of alkenes with …

A gold complex with a naphthalene-di-imide-functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)
ligand was prepared and characterized. The electrochemical studies reveal that the complex …

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

Migratory insertion of alkenes into gold–carbon bonds, a fundamental yet unprecedented
organometallic transformation, has been investigated from a discrete (P, C) cyclometalated …

The effects of the ligand (L) and counterion (X–) are considered the two most important
factors in homogeneous gold catalysis, but a rational understanding of their …