title: Silver-catalysed reactions of alkynes: recent advances.
abstract: Silver is a less expensive noble metal. Superior alkynophilicity due to π-coordination with the carbon-carbon triple bond makes silver salts ideal catalysts for alkyne-based organic reactions. This review highlights the progress in alkyne chemistry via silver catalysis primarily over the past five years (ca. 2010-2014). The discussion is developed in terms of the bond type formed with the acetylenic carbon (i.e., C-C, C-N, C-O, C-Halo, C-P and C-B). Compared with other coinage metals such as Au and Cu, silver catalysis is frequently observed to be unique. This critical review clearly indicates that silver catalysis provides a significant impetus to the rapid evolution of alkyne-based organic reactions, such as alkynylation, hydrofunctionalization, cycloaddition, cycloisomerization, and cascade reactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China. bixh507@nenu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Guichun
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Xihe
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bi