title: Structure, bonding, and reactivity of reactant complexes and key intermediates.
abstract: Complexes of Pt and Au (gold(III) and cationic gold(I)) have shown an exceptional ability to promote a variety of organic transformations of unsaturated precursors due to their peculiar Lewis acid properties: the alkynophilic character of these soft metals and the π-acid activation of unsaturated groups promotes the intra- or intermolecular attack of a nucleophile. In this chapter we summarize the computational data reported on the structure, bonding, and reactivity of the reactant π-complexes and also on the key intermediate species.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Radicales Libres y Química Computacional, Instituto de Química Orgánica General (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva, Madrid, Spain. esoriano@iqog.csic.es
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Soriano
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marco-Contelles