Silver-Free Catalysis with Gold(I) Chloride Complexes

• Published in: Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan Vol. 94; no. 3; pp. 1099 - 1117
• Main Authors: Franchino, Allegra, Montesinos-Magraner, Marc, Echavarren, Antonio M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo The Chemical Society of Japan 15.03.2021; Chemical Society of Japan
• Subjects: Additives; Catalysis; Catalytic activity; Chloride; Coordination compounds; Frontiers of Molecular Science; Gold; Gold chloride; Ligands; Scavengers; Scavenging; Silver; Gold catalysis; Au(I) chloride complexes; Chloride scavenging

Gold(I) chloride complexes are stable, widespread precatalysts that generally require activation by halide abstraction to display useful catalytic activity. Chloride scavenging is typically performed in situ by using silver salts. This procedure, apart from mandating the use of an additional metal,...