title: β- and α-Hydride abstraction in Gold(I) alkyl complexes.
abstract: Why not both? Both β- and α-hydrogen atoms of gold alkyl complexes are hydridic enough to be abstracted, opening a new route to gold-alkene and gold-carbene complexes, respectively.
authors.affiliation: UCSD-CNRS Joint Research Chemistry Laboratory (UMI 3555), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0343 (USA).
authors.forename: Gaël
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ung
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bertrand
mesh_terms: D000475:Alkenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000475:Alkenes; D006046:Gold; D006859:Hydrogen
keywords: alkenes; carbenes; elimination reactions; gold; hydrides