title: Reactivity of Gold Complexes towards Elementary Organometallic Reactions.
abstract: For a while, the reactivity of gold complexes was largely dominated by their Lewis acid behavior. In contrast to the other transition metals, the elementary steps of organometallic chemistry-oxidative addition, reductive elimination, transmetallation, migratory insertion-have scarcely been studied in the case of gold or even remained unprecedented until recently. However, within the last few years, the ability of gold complexes to undergo these fundamental reactions has been unambiguously demonstrated, and the reactivity of gold complexes was shown to extend well beyond π-activation. In this Review, the main achievements described in this area are presented in a historical context. Particular emphasis is set on mechanistic studies and structure determination of key intermediates. The electronic and structural parameters delineating the reactivity of gold complexes are discussed, as well as the remaining challenges.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Hétérochimie Fondamentale et Appliquée, Université Paul Sabatier/CNRS UMR 5069, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 09 (France).|Current address: Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
authors.forename: Maximilian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Joost
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Hétérochimie Fondamentale et Appliquée, Université Paul Sabatier/CNRS UMR 5069, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 09 (France). amgoune@chimie.ups-tlse.fr.
authors.forename: Abderrahmane
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amgoune
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Hétérochimie Fondamentale et Appliquée, Université Paul Sabatier/CNRS UMR 5069, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 09 (France). dbouriss@chimie.ups-tlse.fr.
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bourissou
keywords: gold; migratory insertion; oxidative addition; reductive elimination; transmetallation