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DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1260122
On Gold-Mediated C-H Activation Processes
Publication History
Received
20 May 2011
Publication Date:
14 July 2011 (online)


Abstract
The ubiquitous nature of C-H bonds in organic molecules offers unparalleled opportunities for the development of more efficient methods to construct functionalized molecules. Recent advances in the developing area of gold-catalyzed C-H activation will be summarized here.
1 Introduction
2 Gold-Catalyzed Csp-H Activation Processes
2.1 Gold Acetylides as Nucleophiles
2.2 Gold Acetylides in Redox Processes
3 Gold-Catalyzed Csp²-H Activation Processes
3.1 Csp²-H Bond Activation by Gold(III)
3.2 Csp²-H Bond Activation by Gold(I)
4 Gold-Catalyzed Csp³-H Activation Processes
4.1 Csp³-H Activation by Gold-Carbene-Induced C-H Insertion
5 Conclusions
Key words
gold - catalysis - homogeneous catalysis - metalation - C-H activation