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Homogeneous Gold Redox Chemistry: Organometallics, Catalysis, and Beyond
Banruo Huang1, Mingyou Hu2, F Dean Toste1
1Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Abstract:
Gold redox chemistry holds the promise of unique reactivities and selectivities that are different to other transition metals. Recent studies have utilized strain release, ligand design, and photochemistry to promote the otherwise sluggish oxidative addition to Au(I) complexes. More details on the reductive elimination from Au(III) complexes have also been revealed. These discoveries have facilitated the development of gold redox catalysis and will continue to offer mechanistic insight and inspiration for other transition metals. This review highlights how research in organometallic chemistry has led to gold redox catalysis, as well as applications in materials science, bioconjugation, and radiochemical synthesis.
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