Going for gold - the chemistry of structurally authenticated gold(I)-ethylene complexes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2024 Apr 3. doi: 10.1039/d4cc00676c. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTGold coordination chemistry and catalysis involving unsaturated hydrocarbons such as olefins have experienced a remarkable growth during the last few decades. Despite the importance, isolable and well-characterized molecules with ethylene, the simplest and the most widely produced olefin, on gold are still limited. This review aims to cover features of, and strategies utilized to stabilize, gold-ethylene complexes and their diverse use in chemical transformations and homogeneous catalytic processes. Isolable and well-authenticated gold-ethylene complexes are important not only for structural, spectroscopic, and bonding studies but also as models for likely intermediates in gold mediated reactions of alkenes and gold-alkene species observed in the gas phase. There has also been development on AuI/III catalytic cycles. Nitrogen based ligands have been the most widely utilized ligand supports thus far for the successful stabilization of gold-ethylene adducts. Gold has a bright future in olefin chemistry and with ethylene.PMID:38567496 | DOI:10.1039/d4cc00676c

Source: Chemical Communications - April 3, 2024 Category: Chemistry Authors: Brandon T Watson H V Rasika Dias Source Type: research