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The First Gold(III) Formate: Evidence for β‐Hydride Elimination
Author(s) -
Kumar Roopender,
Krieger JeanPhilippe,
GómezBengoa Enrique,
Fox Thomas,
Linden Anthony,
Nevado Cristina
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201705557
Subject(s) - dehydrogenation , formate , formic acid , hydride , catalysis , chemistry , reductive elimination , methyl formate , combinatorial chemistry , inorganic chemistry , photochemistry , organic chemistry , hydrogen
The first stable gold(III) formate and experimental evidence for its β‐hydride elimination are described. A catalytic dehydrogenation of formic acid together with mechanistic studies shed light on potential pathways operating in fundamental gold‐catalyzed transformations.