title: Rationale for the sluggish oxidative addition of aryl halides to Au(I).
abstract: The oxidative addition of Csp(2)-Br or Csp(2)-I bonds to gold(I) does not take place even under very favorable intramolecular conditions that could form five- or six-membered gold(III) metallacycles. DFT calculations reveal that although this process could be feasible thermodynamically, it is kinetically very sluggish.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Av. Països Catalans 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain. aechavarren@iciq.es.
authors.forename: Madeleine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Livendahl
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Goehry
authors.forename: Feliu
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maseras
authors.forename: Antonio M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Echavarren