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Characterizations of Gold Complexes and Mechanism of its Usage in π-bond Activation Reactions

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Characterizations of Gold Complexes and Mechanism of its Usage in π-bond Activation Reactions
author
Zhou, Wentong
abstract
Research on homogeneous gold (I) catalyzed chemistry has made many exciting discoveries during the last few decades. The gold catalysts have been applied in many interesting chemical transformations, especially in π-bond activation reactions to initiate nucleophilic addition. But experimental studies focused on gold heteroatom π-complexes were still limited. It is significant to research on the intermediates involved in gold-catalyzed reactions. Many groups have studied methodology and computational model to prove the reactivity of gold catalysts, but experimental evidences of gold-catalyzed mechanisms are still lacking. Alternatively, “silver effect” is an interesting topic in gold chemistry, which means that silver may be involved in some gold-catalyzed reactions. So we focus on the ligand effect of gold complex and their roles in gold-catalyzed reactions.
subject
catalysis
gold
mechanism
organic chemistry
contributor
Jones, Amanda Cynthia (committee chair)
Bierbach, Ulich (committee member)
Jones, Paul (committee member)
date
2017-01-14T09:35:30Z (accessioned)
2018-01-13T09:30:09Z (available)
2016 (issued)
degree
Chemistry (discipline)
embargo
2018-01-13 (terms)
identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/10339/64192 (uri)
language
en (iso)
publisher
Wake Forest University
type
Thesis

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