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When NHC Ligands Make a Difference in Gold Catalysis
Author(s) -
Gatineau David,
Goddard JeanPhilippe,
MourièsMansuy Virginie,
Fensterbank Louis
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
israel journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.908
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1869-5868
pISSN - 0021-2148
DOI - 10.1002/ijch.201300059
Subject(s) - chemistry , carbene , steric effects , catalysis , reactivity (psychology) , combinatorial chemistry , nanotechnology , computational chemistry , organic chemistry , medicine , materials science , alternative medicine , pathology
Thanks to their unique electronic and steric properties, carbene ligands offer highly valuable features for catalysis, including homogenous gold catalysis. The use of carbene‐gold complexes has improved existing reactions, either by modifying reactivity modes or by leading to highly asymmetric processes. These topics will be discussed on the basis of selected examples.