Since its discovery in the early seventies the intermolecular Pauson-Khand reaction
has made considerable progress towards a powerful synthetic method. This account describes
the major accomplishments with respect to reactivity, stereoselectivity and catalytic
versions, which have been achieved over the last decade and summarizes mechanistic
information being obtained by theoretical and experimental studies.
Pauson-Khand reaction - metal-catalysis - stereoselectivity - theoretical studies