Beilstein J. Org. Chem.2011,7, 717–734, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.82
in a variety of gold-catalyzed reactions. The different contributions in this growing research area are summarized in this review.
Keywords: cyclopropenes; gold carbenes; gold catalysis; gold-stabilizedallyliccations; ring-opening; Review
Introduction
Homogeneous gold catalysis has become a
, little information is available on the modulation and tuning of the reactivity by the choice of the gold ligand.
Nucleophilic addition to gold-stabilizedallyliccations generated from cyclopropenes
Intermolecular addition of oxygen nucleophiles
In 2008, Lee et al. reported several gold-catalyzed
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Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1:
General reactivity of cyclopropenes in the presence of gold catalysts.