Catalytic transformations involving metal carbenes are considered one of the most important aspects of homogeneous transition metal catalysis. Recently, gold-catalyzed generation of gold carbenes from readily available alkynes represents a significant advance in metal carbene chemistry. This Review summarizes the advances in the gold-catalyzed nitrene-transfer reactions of alkynes with nitrogen-transfer reagents, such as azides, nitrogen ylides, isoxazoles, and anthranils, and gold-catalyzed carbene-transfer reactions, involving oxygen atom-transfer reactions of alkynes with nitro compounds, nitrones, sulfoxides, and pyridine N-oxides, through the presumable α-imino gold carbene and α-oxo gold carbene intermediates, respectively. Gold-catalyzed processes are reviewed by highlighting their product diversity, selectivity, and applicability, and the mechanistic rationale is presented where possible.
- Nitrene Transfer and Carbene Transfer in Gold Catalysis
- Nitrene Transfer and Carbene Transfer in Gold Catalysis
- Long-Wu Ye (Author) - Xiamen UniversityXin-Qi Zhu (Author) - Xiamen UniversityRajkumar Lalji Sahani (Author) - National Tsing Hua UniversityYin Xu (Author) - Xiamen UniversityPeng-Cheng Qian (Author) - Wenzhou UniversityRai-Shung Liu (Author) - Department of Chemistry , National Tsing-Hua University
- Journal article
- 28/07/2021
- Chemical Reviews
- English