Organometallic intermediates of gold catalysis

Advances in Organometallic Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 261-297

  Lauterbach, Tobias ^a   Asiri, Abdullah Mohamed ^b   Hashmi, A Stephen K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Alkenes; Alkynes; Allenes; Carbenoids; Gold; Hydride; N heterocyclic carbene; N ligands; P ligands; Vinylidenes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907779913     PISSN: 00653055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800976-5.00005-9     Document Type: Chapter

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