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SUBMITTER: Wu CY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4304402 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature 20150101 7535
Low-valent late transition-metal catalysis has become indispensable to chemical synthesis, but homogeneous high-valent transition-metal catalysis is underdeveloped, mainly owing to the reactivity of high-valent transition-metal complexes and the challenges associated with synthesizing them. Here we report a carbon-carbon bond cleavage at ambient conditions by a Au(i) complex that generates a stable Au(iii) cationic complex. In contrast to the well-established soft and carbophilic Au(i) catalyst, ...[more]