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Reactivity of NHC Au(I)-C sigma-bonds with electrophiles. An investigation of their possible involvement in catalytic C-C bond formation

Johnson, Magnus LU ; van Rensburg, Jacobus LU ; Axelsson, Martin ; Ahlquist, Marten S. G. and Wendt, Ola LU (2011) In Chemical Science 2(12). p.2373-2377
Abstract
The first example of the reaction of an isolated gold(I) complex with an aryl halide to form a C-C bond is reported. The reactivity of (NHC) Au(I)-R complexes towards a wide range of electrophiles was investigated. The Au-C sigma-bond is shown to exhibit low nucleophilicity, but it is reactive towards MeI and MeOTf to form toluene, biphenyl and ethane, most likely through an oxidative mechanism. Carbon dioxide is completely unreactive. The experimental findings are supported by theoretical calculations.
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2041-6539
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10.1039/c1sc00428j
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  author       = {{Johnson, Magnus and van Rensburg, Jacobus and Axelsson, Martin and Ahlquist, Marten S. G. and Wendt, Ola}},
  issn         = {{2041-6539}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{12}},
  pages        = {{2373--2377}},
  publisher    = {{Royal Society of Chemistry}},
  series       = {{Chemical Science}},
  title        = {{Reactivity of NHC Au(I)-C sigma-bonds with electrophiles. An investigation of their possible involvement in catalytic C-C bond formation}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c1sc00428j}},
  doi          = {{10.1039/c1sc00428j}},
  volume       = {{2}},
  year         = {{2011}},
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