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 …

The pool of abundant chiral terpene building blocks (ie,“chiral pool terpenes”) has long
served as a starting point for the chemical synthesis of complex natural products, including …

Gold catalysis in total synthesis—an update - Chemical Society Reviews (RSC Publishing)
DOI:10.1039/C1CS15279C Royal Society of Chemistry View PDF VersionPrevious ArticleNext …

Cycloisomerizations of enynes are probably the most representative carbon–carbon bond
forming reactions catalyzed by electrophilic metal complexes. These transformations are …

Cascade (domino) reactions have an unparalleled ability to generate molecular complexity
from relatively simple starting materials; these transformations are particularly appealing …

During the last century, conceptual advances in organometallic chemistry were often rapidly
embraced by target oriented synthesis. Feedback provided by such preparative scrutiny has …

N‐Heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalyzed transformations have emerged as powerful tactics
for the construction of complex molecules. Since Stetter's report in 1975 of the total synthesis …

Catalytic enantiotopic-group-selective cross-couplings of achiral geminal bis
(pinacolboronates) provide a route for the construction of nonracemic chiral …

The article reviews the most important developments in the synthesis of heterocycles by gold
catalysts for reactions directly involving the heteroatoms in the reacting groups. Reactions …

Covering: 2008–2010 This report describes the recent applications of hypervalent iodine
reagents in the total synthesis of natural products. The large diversity of high-yielding and …