The Principles of Gold-Catalyzed Molecular Gymnastics Authors Patricia Pérez-Galán Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Tarragona Verónica López-Carrillo Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Tarragona Antonio M. Echavarren Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Tarragona Abstract Gold(I) orchestrates molecular gymnastics by intra and intermolecular reaction of enymes via highly distorted cyclopropyl gold carbenes as intermediates. The synthesis of natural products such as (+)-orientalol F and (-)-englerin A illustrates the state of the art of gold (I) catalysis for the buildupof molecular complexity. Downloads PDF Issue Vol. 6 No. 2 (2010): International Year of Chemistry: Special Issue / Salvador Alegret, Guest Editor Section Research reviews License This work is subject, unless the contrary is indicated in the text, the photographs or in other illustrations, to an Attribution —Non-Commercial— No Derivative Works 3.0 Creative Commons License, the full text of which can be consulted at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/. You are free to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work provided that the author is credited and reuse of the material is restricted to non-commercial purposes only and that no derivative works are created from the original material.
