title: An efficient and sustainable synthesis of NHC gold complexes.
abstract: A simple, efficient and sustainable method for the general synthesis of NHC gold(i) complexes is described. The reaction of imidazolium salts, of different electronic and steric requirements, with [AuX(tht)] (tht = tetrahydrothiophene) derivatives, in the presence of NBu4(acac), in air and at room temperature leads to the NHC gold species in good yields and with very short reaction times.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Instituto de Síntesis Química y Catálisis Homogénea (ISQCH), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain. gimeno@unizar.es.
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: M Concepción
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Gimeno