Characterizations of Gold Complexes and Mechanism of its Usage in π-bond Activation Reactions

Research on homogeneous gold (I) catalyzed chemistry has made many exciting discoveries during the last few decades. The gold catalysts have been applied in many interesting chemical transformations, especially in π-bond activation reactions to initiate nucleophilic addition. But experimental studies focused on gold heteroatom π-complexes were still limited. It is significant to research on the intermediates involved in gold-catalyzed reactions. Many groups have studied methodology and computational model to prove the reactivity of gold catalysts, but experimental evidences of gold-catalyzed mechanisms are still lacking. Alternatively, “silver effect” is an interesting topic in gold chemistry, which means that silver may be involved in some gold-catalyzed reactions. So we focus on the ligand effect of gold complex and their roles in gold-catalyzed reactions.

Grantor dc:publisher

Wake Forest University

Year dc:date.issued

2016

Author dc:creator

• Zhou, Wentong

• catalysis

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/64192

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:wakespace.lib.wfu.edu:10339/64192