Elementary steps of gold catalysis: NMR spectroscopy reveals the highly cationic character of a "gold carbenoid"

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2510-2513

  Seidel, Gunter ^a   Mynott, Richard ^a   Fürstner, Alois ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbenes; Carbocations; Gold; Homogeneous catalysis; Reactive intermediates

Indexed keywords

CARBENES; CARBENOIDS; CARBOCATIONS; CYCLOPROPENES; ELEMENTARY STEPS; GOLD CATALYSIS; GOLD-CARBENES; HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSIS; NMR SPECTROSCOPY; REACTIVE INTERMEDIATE; REACTIVE INTERMEDIATES; RING OPENING;

CATALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS;

GOLD;

EID: 70349778993     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200806059     Document Type: Article

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