ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
11(12), P. 6951 - 6959
Published: June 1, 2021
Transition
metal-catalyzed
skeletal
rearrangement
reactions
have
rapid
advances
in
organic
community.
Their
development
benefits
synthetic
methodologies
by
providing
versatile
and
flexible
approaches
toward
special
molecular
scaffolds
with
high
selectivity.
Herein,
a
gold-catalyzed
of
alkenes
alkynyl
bromides
is
reported,
enabling
direct
regioselective
generation
more
than
50
examples
skeletally
diverse
tricyclic
heterocycles,
namely,
syn-tetrahydrocyclopenta[b]indoles
benzofuro[3,2-b]pyridines,
generally
good
yields.
This
protocol
could
tolerate
terminal
unactivated
internal
activated
under
air
conditions,
which
hitherto
unreported
gold
catalysis
scarcely
realized
other
reactions,
thus
opening
avenues
for
the
assembly
heterocyclic
systems
efficiency.
Aside
from
examining
scope
this
rearrangement,
mechanistic
investigations
to
explain
regioselectivity
forming
benzofuro[3,2-b]pyridines
were
conducted
systematic
theoretical
calculations.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
121(14), P. 8478 - 8558
Published: Feb. 8, 2021
The
catalyst-directed
divergent
synthesis,
commonly
termed
as
"divergent
catalysis",
has
emerged
a
promising
technique
it
allows
chartering
of
structurally
distinct
products
from
common
substrates
simply
by
modulating
the
catalyst
system.
In
this
regard,
gold
complexes
powerful
catalysts
they
offer
unique
reactivity
profiles
compared
to
various
other
transition
metal
catalysts,
primarily
due
their
salient
electronic
and
geometrical
features.
Owing
tunable
soft
π-acidic
nature,
not
only
evolved
superior
contenders
for
catalyzing
reactions
alkynes,
alkenes,
allenes
but
also,
more
intriguingly,
have
been
found
provide
reaction
pathways
over
π-acid
such
Ag,
Pt,
Pd,
Rh,
Cu,
In,
Sc,
Hg,
Zn,
etc.
recent
past
witnessed
renaissance
in
examples
wherein,
choosing
or
fine-tuning
ligands,
counteranions
oxidation
states
itself,
complete
switch
was
observed.
However,
reviews
documenting
are
sporadic;
result,
most
reports
kind
remained
scattered
literature,
thereby
hampering
further
development
burgeoning
field.
By
conceptualizing
idea
"Divergent
Gold
Catalysis
(DGC)",
review
aims
consolidate
all
unified
approach
necessary
pave
way
advancement
exciting
area.
Based
on
factors
governing
divergence
product
formation,
an
explicit
classification
DGC
provided.
To
gain
fundamental
understanding
observed
reactivities
selectivities,
is
accompanied
mechanistic
insights
at
appropriate
places.
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
50(18), P. 10422 - 10450
Published: Jan. 1, 2021
This
review
highlights
a
decade-long
journey
of
Au-catalyzed
1,2-difunctionalization
reactions
C–C
multiple
bonds
that
have
been
realized
due
to
the
productive
integration
Au(
i
)/Au(
iii
)catalysis
with
unique
π-activation
mode
gold
complexes.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
13(14), P. 9442 - 9475
Published: July 3, 2023
Spirocyclic
indole
derivatives
are
fascinating
tridimensional
molecular
scaffolds
from
both
a
synthetic
and
biological
point
of
view.
Among
the
many
strategies
developed
to
access
these
structures,
transition
metal
catalysis
has
recently
led
impressive
advances,
especially
relying
on
unique
reactivity
dearomatized
spirocyclic
intermediates.
These
species
can
indeed
evolve
toward
or
nonspirocyclic
products
through
rearomatization-driven
processes,
which
at
same
time
highly
challenging
control
but
also
source
large
structural
diversity.
This
review
highlights
most
prominent
methods
past
decade
that
involve
spirocyclization
tethered
functional
group
may
be
activated
by
metal,
leading
rearomatized
products.
The
discussion
is
particularly
focused
spiroindoleninium
intermediate
complex
mechanistic
features
regarding
its
evolution,
dependent
catalytic
systems.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
146(6), P. 3660 - 3674
Published: Feb. 5, 2024
Ligand-enabled
oxidative
addition
of
Csp2-X
bonds
to
Au(I)
centers
has
recently
appeared
as
a
valuable
strategy
for
the
development
catalytic
RedOx
processes.
Several
cross-coupling
reactions
that
were
previously
considered
difficult
achieve
reported
lately,
thus
expanding
synthetic
potential
gold(I)
complexes
beyond
traditional
nucleophilic
functionalization
π-systems.
MeDalPhos
played
an
important
role
in
this
and,
despite
several
studies
on
alternative
structures,
remains,
so
far,
only
general
ligand
such
process.
We
report
herein
discovery
and
DFT-enabled
structural
optimization
new
family
hemilabile
(P∧N)
ligands
can
promote
aryl
iodides
gold(I).
These
flexible
ligands,
which
possess
common
2-methylamino
heteroaromatic
N-donor
motif,
are
structurally
electronically
tunable,
being
easily
accessible
affordable.
The
corresponding
shown
outperform
reactivity
(MeDalPhos)Au(I)
series
alkoxy-
amidoarylations
alkenes.
Their
comparatively
higher
further
highlighted
thiotosylation
iodides,
challenging
unreported
C–S
reaction
could
not
be
achieved
under
classical
Pd(0/II)
catalysis
allows
divergent
access
sulfur
derivatives.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Feb. 7, 2025
Recently,
ligand-promoted
Au(I)/Au(III)-catalyzed
cross-coupling
reactions
with
aryl
iodides
have
garnered
considerable
attention.
Here,
we
report
the
first
visible-light-driven
gold-catalyzed
cross-couplings
of
challenging
bromides.
In
presence
a
(P,
N)-gold(I)
catalyst
and
an
acridinium
photocatalyst
under
blue
LED
irradiation,
C-O
coupling
bromides
carboxylic
acids
was
achieved,
soon
it
found
that
this
photoinduced
appliable
for
other
C-C,
C-N,
C-S
bond
formation.
Experimental
computational
studies
suggest
involves
two
discrete
energy
transfer
(EnT)
events:
first,
from
photosensitizer
produces
excited-state
gold(I)
complex
allows
bottleneck
oxidative
addition
to
form
Au(III)
second,
reductive
elimination
aryl-Au(III)
regenerate
Au(I).
Collectively,
new
synergistic
catalytic
method
developed
here
highlights
tremendous
potential
photochemical
gold
catalysis
via
organogold
complexes,
as
well
its
facilitate
drug
discovery
due
biocompatibility
mildness
reaction
conditions.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
11(8), P. 4576 - 4582
Published: March 31, 2021
Reported
herein
is
the
gold-catalyzed
1,2-aminoarylation
of
alkenes
that
engages
external
amine
as
a
coupling
partner.
Careful
optimization
studies
revealed
significant
role
concentration
base
to
achieve
highly
chemoselective
access
aminoarylation
products
over
potential
C–N
cross-coupled
products.
Overcoming
all
limitations,
current
strategy
provided
straightforward
medicinally
relevant
3-aminochroman,
2-aminotetrahydronaphthalene,
and
2-aminoindane
derivatives.
Chemistry - A European Journal,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
28(20)
Published: Jan. 11, 2022
Abstract
Transition
metal‐catalyzed
enantioselective
functionalization
of
ubiquitous
C−H
bonds
has
proven
to
be
promising
field
as
it
offers
the
construction
chiral
molecular
complexity
in
a
step‐
and
atom‐economical
manner.
In
recent
years,
gold
emerged
an
attractive
contender
for
catalyzing
such
reactions.
The
unique
reactivities
selectivities
offered
by
catalysts
have
been
exploited
access
numerous
asymmetric
transformations
based
on
gold‐catalyzed
processes.
Herein,
this
review
critically
highlights
major
advances
discoveries
made
under
catalysis
which
is
accompanied
mechanistic
insights
at
appropriate
places.