Gold-Catalyzed Addition of X-H Bonds to C-C Multiple Bonds

摘要

Homogeneous gold catalysis had found only limited use in organic synthesis up until the year 2000, when the advantages of gold complexes as catalysts were first recognized. Intense research activity in this area of catalysis followed, as documented by a number of reviews that have since been published. After much work on methodology, an increasing number of applications in the synthesis of natural products have been reported in recent years.