title: Enhanced reactivity in homogeneous gold catalysis through hydrogen bonding.
abstract: Additives that are good hydrogen-bond acceptors increase the efficiency of gold-catalyzed reactions in those instances where protodeauration is the rate-determining step. The efficiency of additives capable of hydrogen-bonding-assisted protodeauration correlated with their standing in a scale of hydrogen bonding basicity (measured by pKBHX). All additives used in the study are commercially available.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville , Louisville, Kentucky 40292, United States.
authors.forename: Weibo
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Manish
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Gerald B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Hammond
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xu