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DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258465
Recent Developments in Asymmetric Catalysis in the Presence of Chiral Gold Complexes
Publication History
Received
30 November 2010
Publication Date:
14 March 2011 (online)


Abstract
Catalytic asymmetric gold-catalyzed reactions provide versatile routes to enantiomerically enriched carbo- and heterocycles. This review summarizes the recent work on the development of novel catalytic systems combining gold and a chiral ligand.
1 Introduction
2 Gold-Catalyzed Activation of Carbonyl and Imine-Type Bonds
3 Gold-Catalyzed Activation of Alkenes
3.1 Hydrogenation Reactions
3.2 Nucleophilic Additions to Alkenes
4 Gold-Catalyzed Activation of Allenes
4.1 In the Presence of a Chiral Gold Complex
4.1.1 Oxygen Nucleophiles
4.1.2 Nitrogen Nucleophiles
4.1.3 Carbon Nucleophiles
4.2 In the Presence of a Chiral Silver Salt
5 Gold-Catalyzed Activation of Alkynes
5.1 Rearrangement of Propargylic Esters
5.2 Desymmetrization Reactions
5.3 Cycloisomerization of Enynes
5.3.1 In the Absence of an External Nucleophile
5.3.2 In the Presence of a Nucleophile: Domino Processes
5.3.2.1 Oxygen and Nitrogen Nucleophiles
5.3.2.2 Carbon Nucleophiles
6 Conclusion
Key words
gold - asymmetric catalysis - cycloisomerization - alkenes - allenes - alkynes - domino processes