Relativistic effects in homogeneous gold catalysis

Nature

Volumn 446, Issue 7134, 2007, Pages 395-403

  Gorin, David J ^a   Toste, F Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBENOID; GOLD; GOLD DERIVATIVE; LEWIS ACID; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

CATALYSIS; CATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GOLD; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; BIOCHEMISTRY; CALCULATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTRON; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

ACIDS; ALKYNES; CATALYSIS; GOLD; PHOSPHINES;

EID: 33947578482     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05592     Document Type: Review

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