Ligand-enforced intimacy between a gold cation and a carbenium ion: impact on stability and reactivity
Elishua D. Litle, Lewis C. Wilkins, François P. Gabbaı̈
Abstract
This work describes the synthesis of carbenium-based, γ-cationic phosphines and their coordination to Au(<sc>i</sc>) cations , leading to carbophilic catalysts whose activity is enhanced by the ligand-enforced convergence of the positively charged moieties.
Topics & Concepts
Cationic polymerizationReactivity (psychology)Ligand (biochemistry)ChemistryCatalysisIonCarbenium ionComputational chemistryCombinatorial chemistryPolymer chemistryOrganic chemistryReceptorBiochemistryAlternative medicinePathologyMedicineCatalytic Alkyne ReactionsAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods