Current Science

Nitin T. Patil ¹

Affiliations
1 CPC Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad 500 007, IN

Abstract

Gold complexes have emerged in the last few years as excellent catalysts in numerous homogeneous transformations involving the activation of carbon-carbon multiple bonds towards the attack of a large variety of nucleophiles. This article gives a brief overview of this enticing subject and identifies some of the most important aspects of homogeneous gold catalysis in organic synthesis focusing on the research done in our laboratory.

Keywords

Gold, Homogeneous Catalysis, Organic Reactions, Privileged Scaffolds.

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