title: Silver and gold-catalyzed multicomponent reactions.
abstract: Silver and gold salts and complexes mainly act as soft and carbophilic Lewis acids even if their use as σ-activators has been rarely reported. Recently, transformations involving Au(I)/Au(III)-redox catalytic systems have been reported in the literature. In this review we highlight all these aspects of silver and gold-mediated processes and their application in multicomponent reactions.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Sezione di Chimica Generale e Organica "A. Marchesini", Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Venezian, 21 - 20133 Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Abbiati
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Sezione di Chimica Generale e Organica "A. Marchesini", Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Venezian, 21 - 20133 Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rossi
keywords: A3-coupling; gold; multicomponent reactions; silver