The first σ complexes were found in the 1960s and 1970s, but they did not attract more than
passing attention. Only now are we beginning to recognize their key role in the chemical …

Metal hydrides are of considerable importance in chemical synthesis as intermediates in
catalytic hydrogenation reactions. Transition metal atoms react with dihydrogen to produce …

Herein, we show that mesoporous titania-supported gold nanoparticle assemblies (Au/MTA)
catalyze the activation of NaBH4 and 1, 1, 3, 3-tetramethyl disiloxane (TMDS) compounds …

Gold hydride complexes have been postulated as intermediates in a number of
homogeneous goldcatalyzed reactions,[1] but relatively little is known about these …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses H–H, C–H, and sigma-bonded related groups as
ligands. Ligands that act by donation of lone pairs (eg, NH 3) or of π-bonding electrons (eg …

For the first time, H–H dissociation on an unsupported nanoporous gold (AuNPore) surface
is reported for chemoselective hydrogenation of C C, C C, C N, and C O bonds under …

Gold, the archetypal “noble metal”, used to be considered of little interest in catalysis. It is
now clear that this was a misconception, and a multitude of gold-catalysed transformations …

Gold hydride is a rare transition-metal species. Despite the fact that gold hydrides may be
key intermediates in several gold-catalyzed reactions, their chemical properties are not well …

In a search for gold hydrides, an initial discouraging result of no theoretical stability in any
binary AuH n at P< 300 GPa was overcome by introducing alkali atoms as reductants. A set …

The β‐H‐elimination in the (IPr) AuEt complex and its microscopic reverse, the insertion of
ethene into (IPr) AuH, were investigated in a combined experimental and computational …