Optimising catalyst and reaction conditions in gold (I) catalysis – ligand development

Collado, Alba and Nelson, David J. and Nolan, Steven P. (2021) Optimising catalyst and reaction conditions in gold (I) catalysis – ligand development. Chemical Reviews, 121 (14). pp. 8559-8612. ISSN 0009-2665 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01320)

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Abstract

This review considers phosphine and N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of gold(I) that are used as (pre)catalysts for a range of reactions in organic synthesis. These are divided according to the structure of the ligand, with the narrative focusing on studies that offer a quantitative comparison between the ligands and readily available or widely used existing systems.