Gold(I)‐N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Synthons in Organometallic Synthesis

T Scattolin, G Tonon, E Botter, SG Guillet… - … A European Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The prominent role of gold‐N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes in numerous research
areas such as homogeneous (photo) catalysis, medicinal chemistry and materials science …

Hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) as a multifunctional agent in gold-catalyzed cycloisomerizations and sequential Transformations

NV Tzouras, LP Zorba, E Kaplanai, N Tsoureas… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Despite the unique position of gold catalysis in contemporary organic synthesis, this area of
research is notorious for requiring activators and/or additives that enable catalysis by …

Synthesis and reactivity of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) gold-fluoroalkoxide complexes

P Arnaut, NB Pozsoni, F Nahra, NV Tzouras… - Dalton …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
We disclose a novel series of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) gold complexes with varied
steric and electronic properties, bearing fluorinated alkoxide anions. Early reactivity studies …

Synthesis of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-Au/Ag/Cu benzotriazolyl complexes and their catalytic activity in propargylamide cycloisomerization and carbonyl …

E Kaplanai, NV Tzouras, N Tsoureas, NB Pozsoni… - Dalton …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbene–metal–amide (CMA) complexes of gold, silver, and copper have been studied
extensively for their photochemical/photocatalytic properties and as potential (pre-) catalysts …

Novel dinuclear NHC–gold (i)-amido complexes and their application in energy transfer photocatalysis

X Ma, VA Voloshkin, EA Martynova, M Beliš… - Catalysis Science & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of efficient and operationally simple synthetic routes to dinuclear gold (I)-
amido complexes bearing aromatic/aliphatic-bridges are reported. This family of complexes …

Access to Azetidines via Gold Mediated Energy Transfer Photocatalysis

SG Guillet, AA Logvinov, VA Voloshkin… - Organic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The area of energy transfer photocatalysis to generate four-membered rings is experiencing
an unprecedented level of activity. Here, we report an operationally simple method toward …

Donor Strength Determination of Anionic Ligands

HV Huynh, JN Leung, TT Lam - Inorganic Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
14 new gold (I) NHC complexes of the type [AuX (i Pr2-bimy)](i Pr2-bimy= 1, 3-
diisopropylbenzimidazolin-2-ylidene) have been prepared and fully characterized. These …

Taming and Harnessing the Reactivity of Elusive Main-Group Species

JS Yoon - 2024 - search.proquest.com
The investigation of elusive species is of great interest to chemists–particularly those
comprising groups III-V in the periodic table. What gives these compounds their transient …