Recent advances in gold(III) chemistry: Structure, bonding, reactivity and role in homogeneous catalysis

Rocchigiani, Luca and Bochmann, Manfred ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7736-5428 (2021) Recent advances in gold(III) chemistry: Structure, bonding, reactivity and role in homogeneous catalysis. Chemical Reviews, 121 (14). 8364–8451. ISSN 0009-2665

[thumbnail of ChemRev accepted manuscript]
Preview
PDF (ChemRev accepted manuscript) - Accepted Version
Available under License Unspecified licence.

Download (2MB) | Preview

Abstract

Over the past decade the organometallic chemistry of gold(III) has seen remarkable advances. This includes the synthesis of the first examples of several compound classes that have long been hypothesized as being part of catalytic cycles, such as gold(III) alkene, alkyne, CO and hydride complexes, and important catalysis-relevant reaction steps have at last been demonstrated for gold, like migratory insertion and β-H elimination reactions. Also, reaction pathways that were already known, for example the generation of gold(III) intermediates by oxidative addition and their reductive elimination, are much better understood. A deeper understanding of fundamental organometallic reactivity of gold(III) has revealed unexpected mechanistic avenues, which can open when the barriers for reactions that for other metals would be regarded as "standard"are too high. This review summarizes and evaluates these developments, together with applications of gold(III) in synthesis and catalysis, with emphasis on the mechanistic insight gained in these investigations. ©

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry
Related URLs:
Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 24 Sep 2020 23:54
Last Modified: 20 Apr 2023 18:32
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/77011
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00552

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item