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 …

Silver–NHC (NHC= N-heterocyclic carbene) complexes play a special role in the field of
transition-metal complexes due to (1) their prominent biological activity, and (2) their critical …

Gold catalysis is considered one of the most important breakthroughs in organic synthesis
during the past decade, but a rational understanding of ligand effects in gold catalysis is …

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 …

The latest advances in the field of gold-catalyzed divergent synthesis of carbo-and
heterocycles are highlighted in this Perspective. These gold-catalyzed reactions, which can …

Gold catalysis has witnessed immense evolution in recent years, yet it still requires the use
of activators to render the common [AuCl (L)] complexes catalytically active. Herein, the H …

The synthesis of architecturally complex polycyclic fused indolines is achieved in a chemo-,
regio-, and stereodefined manner, via an enantioselective gold-catalyzed cascade …

Two substrates containing an aryl iodide and an allenoate ester were prepared and the gold‐
induced cycloisomerisation to vinylgold (I) species and their proto‐deauration as well as the …

Mechanistic investigation of gold (I)-catalyzed intramolecular allene hydroalkoxylation
established a mechanism involving rapid and reversible C–O bond formation followed by …

NHC–gold (I) complexes promote carboxylative cyclization of a range of propargylic amines
to afford (Z)-5-alkylidene-1, 3-oxazolidin-2-ones in methanol under neutral and mild …