Gold-Catalyzed O–H Bond Addition to Unsaturated Organic Molecules

Abstract

A review. This chapter reviewed the synthetic and mechanistic aspects of addn. reactions of water and alcs. to alkynes, alkenes, and allenes in the presence of gold catalysts. In addn., gold-catalyzed hydroxy- and alkoxycyclizations of 1, n-enynes (n = 5-7) were also covered. [on SciFinder(R)]