Molecular assembly using gold catalysis
Lead Research Organisation:
University of St Andrews
Department Name: Chemistry
Abstract
The development of catalytic methods leading to little or no waste is an area of crucial importance in terms of energy and materials economy. The present proposal presents strategies to assemble complex molecular architectures or value-added compounds using simply synthesized organogold complexes. The proposal adopts a two-prong approach. On the one side the design and synthesis of organogold catalysts are proposed and on the other some of the catalysts already synthesized by our group and the novel ones are proposed to enable important chemical transformations. These range from hydration reactions to tandem reactions leading to multiple bond formations in a single step. The aim of the proposal is to develop useful synthetic tools, readily usable by synthetic chemists permitting facile protocols enabling the synthesis of complex molecular assemblies.
Organisations
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| Steven Nolan (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Nolan SP
(2011)
The development and catalytic uses of N-heterocyclic carbene gold complexes.
in Accounts of chemical research
Cera G
(2012)
One-pot gold-catalyzed synthesis of azepino[1,2-a]indoles.
in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
Boogaerts II
(2010)
Carboxylation of N-H/C-H bonds using N-heterocyclic carbene copper(I) complexes.
in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
Gómez-Suárez A
(2012)
Dinuclear gold catalysis: are two gold centers better than one?
in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
Patrick SR
(2011)
The role of silver additives in gold-mediated C-H functionalisation.
in Beilstein journal of organic chemistry
Fortman GC
(2011)
Catalytic deuteration of silanes mediated by N-heterocyclic carbene-Ir(III) complexes.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Nun P
(2010)
Ligand influence in the selective gold-mediated synthesis of allenes.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Dupuy S
(2011)
Decarboxylation of aromatic carboxylic acids by gold(I)-N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Boogaerts II
(2011)
Direct C-H carboxylation with complexes of the coinage metals.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Gaillard S
(2010)
A N-heterocyclic carbene gold hydroxide complex: a golden synthon.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)