Preparation and characterization of two new N-heterocyclic carbene gold(I) complexes and comparison of their catalytic activity to Au(IPr)Cl

Organometallics

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 3450-3456

  Gung, Benjamin W ^a   Bailey, Lauren N ^a   Craft, Derek T ^a   Barnes, Charles L ^b   Kirschbaum, Kristin ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; GOLD CATALYSTS; GOLD COMPLEXES; INTRAMOLECULAR CYCLOPROPANATIONS; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE LIGANDS; N-HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES; NHC LIGANDS; ORGANIC SYNTHESIS; PROPARGYL; STERIC EFFECT; TERMINAL ALKENES; X RAY STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CARBON INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHELATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ESTERS; GOLD; LIGANDS; OLEFINS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77955136907     PISSN: 02767333     EISSN: 15206041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/om100504z     Document Type: Article

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