title: Theoretical insights into the superior activity of gold catalysts and reactions of organogold intermediates with electrophiles.
abstract: Three fundamental steps of homogeneous gold catalysis, the activiation of substrates by coordination to gold, the protodeauration after the nucleophilic addition and the transmetalation to palladium in palladium-catalysed C-C bond forming reactions using organogold intermediates have been studied and discussed in detail.
authors.affiliation: Universität Heidelberg, Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. hashmi@hashmi.de
authors.forename: A Stephen K
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Hashmi
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pernpointner
authors.forename: Max M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Hansmann