For more than a decade the innovative field of homogeneous catalysis by gold was
dominated by the interaction of the substrate molecule with one gold center, in most cases in …

The last two decades have seen a veritable explosion in the use of gold (I) complexes
bearing N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) and phosphine (PR3) ligands. Both ligand families …

Anomerization, which involves cleavage and formation of the anomeric C–O bond, is of
fundamental importance in the carbohydrate chemistry. Herein, the unexpected gold (I) …

Just as periscopes allow a submarine to visually search for objects above the surface of the
sea, in a reversed periscope fashion electrospray mass spectrometry (ESI‐MS) can analyze …

Over the past decade, the concept of cooperative or dual catalysis has emerged as an
attractive and effective strategy to access unique reactivity and selectivity in synthetic …

Experimental data suggest that anions that provide a compromise between the hydrogen-
bond acceptor and the coordinating powers rather than poor coordinating anions …

An extensive experimental study of the mechanism of gold (I)‐catalyzed hydroalkoxylation of
internal alkynes has been conducted by using NMR spectroscopy. This study was focused …

An overview of the current state of mechanistic understanding of gold-catalyzed
intermolecular alkyne hydrofunctionalization reactions is presented. Moving from the …

The synthesis of a series of digold hydroxide complexes is reported. These diaurated
species, of the formula [{Au (NHC)} 2 (μ-OH)][BF4](where NHC= IPr Cl, IPr*, IPent), were …

Hydration and alkoxylation of alkynes are key processes for the industrial production of
carbonyl derivatives. In this review, the pivotal role of ion pairing in the mechanism of …