Simple synthetic access to [Au(IBiox)Cl] complexes.
Ekaterina A MartynovaMarco ZuccarelloDomenic KronenbergMarek BelišAgnieszka CzapikZiyun ZhangKristof Van HeckeMarcin KwitOlivier BaudoinLuigi CavalloSteven P NolanPublished in: Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) (2023)
Green and sustainable access to chiral and achiral gold-IBiox complexes is reported. The gold complexes were synthesized using a simple, air-tolerant, weak base protocol carried out in a green solvent. Their catalytic activity was examined in the hydroamination of alkynes. The steric protection afforded the gold center by these ligands was quantified using the % V bur model and compared with the most commonly encountered NHCs.