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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ORCID iD |
| Steven Nolan (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Fortman GC
(2011)
Catalytic deuteration of silanes mediated by N-heterocyclic carbene-Ir(III) complexes.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Fortman GC
(2010)
A versatile gold synthon for acetylene C-H bond activation.
in Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)
Gaillard S
(2010)
Development of Versatile and Silver-Free Protocols for Gold(I) Catalysis
in Chemistry - A European Journal
Gaillard S
(2010)
A N-heterocyclic carbene gold hydroxide complex: a golden synthon.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Gaillard S
(2009)
Synthetic and Structural Studies of [AuCl 3 (NHC)] Complexes
in Organometallics
Gaillard S
(2012)
Phosphate binding to the [Au(IPr)] moiety: inner vs. outer sphere coordination behaviour.
in Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)
Gómez-Suárez A
(2011)
Influence of a Very Bulky N- Heterocyclic Carbene in Gold-Mediated Catalysis
in Organometallics
Gómez-Suárez A
(2012)
Dinuclear gold catalysis: are two gold centers better than one?
in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
Hashmi A
(2011)
Selectivity Switch in the Synthesis of Vinylgold(I) Intermediates
in Organometallics
Konkolewicz D
(2011)
Luminescent Hyperbranched Polymers: Combining Thiol-Yne Chemistry with Gold-Mediated C-H Bond Activation
in Organometallics