Often stoichiometric amounts of gold find use in materials science; occasionally gold is even
used as a support. This review discusses the contributions of gold catalysis, both …

For centuries, gold had been considered a precious, purely decorative inert metal. It was not
until 1986 that Ito and Hayashi described the first application of gold (I) in homogeneous …

In this critical review the reactivity patterns observed with different types of diyne substrates
in gold catalysis are discussed. Apart from the many examples from homogeneous catalysis …

The enantioselective synthesis of azahelicenes and S-shaped double azahelicenes has
been achieved via the Au-catalyzed sequential intramolecular hydroarylation of alkynes …

Recent progress in the leading synthetic applications of acetylene is discussed from the
prospect of rapid development and novel opportunities. A diversity of reactions involving the …

The Baldwin rules constitute one of the clearest examples of the success which can be
obtained through the application of stereoelectronic concepts to reaction design. With …

The broad utility of cyclic structures accounts for the key roles that cycle-forming reactions
play in synthetic designs. Most of these reactions can be classified as either a cyclization of …

Truly important scientific breakthroughs often come from catching the glimpses of order in
chaos and distilling a large body of disjointed data into a clear set of simple concepts. Even …

Conspectus Do not bend the triple bonds! This familiar undergraduate mantra must be
disobeyed if the alkyne group is used as a building block in molecular construction. This …

The first example of copper-mediated oxidative annulation of phenols and unactivated
internal alkynes to afford benzofuran derivatives was reported. Various phenols and …