title: Gold-catalyzed cycloadditions involving allenes: mechanistic insights from theoretical studies.
abstract: Allenes, owing to their special structural characteristics related to the presence of two π bonds in a formally strained manner, are particularly prone to undergo gold-activated reactions, particularly cycloaddition processes. Theoretical studies based on DFT calculations have been very useful to explain observed reactivities and advance mechanistic proposals.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.
authors.forename: Sergi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Montserrat
authors.forename: Gregori
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ujaque
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: José L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Mascareñas
authors.forename: Agustí
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lledós