Rational development of catalytic Au(I)/Au(III) arylation involving mild oxidative addition of aryl halides

Catalysis involving Au(I)/Au(III) cycles are notoriously hampered by the reluctance of Au(I) towards oxidative addition. Here, the authors show that an hemilabile bidentate ligand promotes oxidative addition of aryl halides to Au(I) and the catalytic formation of biaryl coupling products.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Abdallah Zeineddine, Laura Estévez, Sonia Mallet-Ladeira, Karinne Miqueu, Abderrahmane Amgoune, Didier Bourissou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00672-8