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 …

Cyclic (alkyl)-and (aryl)-(amino) carbenes (CAACs and CAArCs) are stronger σ-donors and
π-acceptors than imidazol-2-ylidenes and imidazolidin-2-ylidenes, the well-known N …

The use of two or more metal catalysts in a reaction is a powerful synthetic strategy to access
complex targets efficiently and selectively from simple starting materials. While capable of …

Metal-catalyzed cross-couplings represent one of the most important reaction platforms in
modern synthetic chemistry (Figure 1 A). 1 Although the field enjoys a rich history, there …

1. INTRODUCTION Bulk gold, being the most stable among all metals, was for many years
considered as an inert catalyst. However, gold particles with size on the scale of nanometers …

For a while, the reactivity of gold complexes was largely dominated by their Lewis acid
behavior. In contrast to the other transition metals, the elementary steps of organometallic …

N-Containing tricyclic compounds, especially the tricyclic N-heterocycles, are important
structural motifs that possess significant potential in organic chemistry for their momentous …

Cobalt/nickel-dual catalyzed hydroarylation of terminal olefins with iodoarenes builds
complexity from readily available starting materials, with a high preference for the …

A room-temperature intramolecular oxy-and aminoarylation of alkenes with aryldiazonium
salts has been developed using a novel gold and photoredox dual-catalytic system. The …

Many mechanistically intriguing reactions have been developed in the last decade using
gold (I) as catalyst. Here we review the main mechanistic proposals in gold-catalysed …