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Strong Electronic and Counterion Effects on Geminal Digold Formation

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Angewchem Strong Electronic and Counterion Effects on Geminal Digold Formation and Reactivity as Revealed by Gold(I)–Aryl Model Complexes Dieter Weber, T. David Jones, Laura L. Adduci and Prof. Dr. Michel R. Gagné

Oxidation of Propargyl Aryl Ethers

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Angewchem Rapid Access to Chroman-3-ones through Gold-Catalyzed Oxidation of Propargyl Aryl Ethers Yanzhao Wang, Dr. Kegong Ji, Sylvester Lan and Prof. Dr. Liming Zhang

Enantioselective Alkynylbenzaldehyde Cyclizations

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Angewchem Enantioselective Alkynylbenzaldehyde Cyclizations Catalyzed By Chiral Gold(I) Acyclic Diaminocarbene Complexes Containing Weak Au–Arene Interactions Sachin Handa and Prof. LeGrande M. Slaughter

Enantioselective Intramolecular Dehydrative Amination of Allylic Alcohols

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Angewchem Gold(I)-Catalyzed Enantioselective Intramolecular Dehydrative Amination of Allylic Alcohols with Carbamates Paramita Mukherjee and Prof. Ross A. Widenhoefer

Tandem Amination–Hydration of Alkynes

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OL Au(III)-Catalyzed Tandem Amination–Hydration of Alkynes: Synthesis of α-(N-2-Pyridonyl)ketones Nathan A. Romero, Benjamin M. Klepser, and Carolyn E. Anderson

γ-Butyrolactones via AuCl3- or Hg(II)-Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroalkoxylation

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OL A New Synthesis of γ-Butyrolactones via AuCl3- or Hg(II)-Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroalkoxylation of 4-Bromo-3-yn-1-ols Maddi Sridhar Reddy, Yalla Kiran Kumar, and Nuligonda Thirupathi

Cyclizations of Silyloxyenynes Catalyzed by Cationic Metal Phosphine Complexes

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Jacs Enantioselective Cyclizations of Silyloxyenynes Catalyzed by Cationic Metal Phosphine Complexes Jean-François Brazeau, Suyan Zhang, Ignacio Colomer, Britton K. Corkey, and F. Dean Toste

Merry Christmas & Happy New year

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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Conspectus: N-Heterocyclic Carbene Gold(I) and Copper(I) Complexes in C–H Bond Activation

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Acc.Chem.Res. N-Heterocyclic Carbene Gold(I) and Copper(I) Complexes in C–H Bond Activation Sylvain Gaillard, Catherine S. J. Cazin, and Steven P. Nolan

Oxidative CC Coupling from CH Bonds Using Air as Oxidant

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Angewchem A Highly Efficient Gold-Catalyzed Oxidative C C Coupling from C H Bonds Using Air as Oxidant Jin Xie, Huamin Li, Jiecong Zhou, Prof. Yixiang Cheng and Prof. Chengjian Zhu

Formation of Five- and Seven-Membered Rings

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OL Formation of Five- and Seven-Membered Rings Enabled by the Triisopropylsilyl Auxiliary Group Dmitry L. Usanov and Hisashi Yamamoto

Intermolecular Cycloaddition of 2-Aminoaryl Carbonyls and Internal Alkynes

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JOC Access to Quinolines through Gold-Catalyzed Intermolecular Cycloaddition of 2-Aminoaryl Carbonyls and Internal Alkynes Shuting Cai, Jing Zeng, Yaguang Bai, and Xue-Wei Liu

Rearrangements of Acetylenic Amine-N-Oxides

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Jacs Mechanism of Gold(I)-Catalyzed Rearrangements of Acetylenic Amine-N-Oxides: Computational Investigations Lead to a New Mechanism Confirmed by Experiment Elizabeth L. Noey, Yingdong Luo, Liming Zhang, and K. N. Houk

Intermolecular Reactions of Propiolic Acids with Alkenes

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Jacs Gold-Catalyzed Intermolecular Reactions of Propiolic Acids with Alkenes: [4 + 2] Annulation and Enyne Cross Metathesis Hyun-Suk Yeom, Jaeyoung Koo, Hyun-Sub Park, Yi Wang, Yong Liang, Zhi-Xiang Yu, and Seunghoon Shin

Gold-Catalyzed Intramolecular Sequential Electrophilic Addition and Benzannulation

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JOC Synthesis of Arylnaphthalene Lignan Scaffold by Gold-Catalyzed Intramolecular Sequential Electrophilic Addition and Benzannulation Vanajakshi Gudla and Rengarajan Balamurugan

Intermolecular [4+2] and [2+2+2] Cycloadditions of Ynamides with Alkenes

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Angewchem Gold-Catalyzed Intermolecular [4+2] and [2+2+2] Cycloadditions of Ynamides with Alkenes Ramesh B. Dateer, Balagopal S. Shaibu and Prof. Dr. Rai-Shung Liu

Oxidative Acyloxylation of Arenes

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OL Gold-Catalyzed Oxidative Acyloxylation of Arenes Alexandre Pradal, Patrick Y. Toullec, and Véronique Michelet http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ol202577c

Intramolecular (4+3) Cycloadditions of Allenedienes

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Angewchem Enantioselective Gold(I)-Catalyzed Intramolecular (4+3) Cycloadditions of Allenedienes Isaac Alonso, Hélio Faustino, Dr. Fernando López and Prof. Dr. José L. Mascareñas

Characterization of Vinylgold Intermediates

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Angewchem Characterization of Vinylgold Intermediates: Gold-Mediated Cyclization of Acetylenic Amides Dr. Olga A. Egorova, Hyewon Seo, Yonghwi Kim, Dr. Dohyun Moon, Prof. Young Min Rhee and Prof. Kyo Han Ahn

Cycloaddition/Hydrolytic Michael Addition/Retro-Aldol Reactions of Propargylic Esters

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Angewchem Gold-Catalyzed [3+2] Cycloaddition/Hydrolytic Michael Addition/Retro-Aldol Reactions of Propargylic Esters Tethered to Cyclohexadienones Shunyou Cai, Zheng Liu, Weibin Zhang, Xinyang Zhao and Prof. David Zhigang Wang