Gold(I) Carbenoids: On-Demand Access to Gold(I) Carbenes in Solution.

ABSTRACT: Chloromethylgold(I) complexes of phosphine, phosphite, and N-heterocyclic carbene ligands are easily synthesized by reaction of trimethylsilyldiazomethane with the corresponding gold chloride precursors. Activation of these gold(I) carbenoids with a variety of chloride scavengers promotes reactivity typical of metallocarbenes in solution, namely homocoupling to ethylene, olefin cyclopropanation, and Buchner ring expansion of benzene.

SUBMITTER: Sarria Toro JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5324612 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature