This review summarizes recent advances in the field of gold-catalyzed synthesis of pharmaceutically relevant aza-heterocycles via in situ generated α-imino gold carbene complexes as intermediates.
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M T Reetz, K Sommer. Gold-catalyzed hydroarylation of alkynes. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2003, 2003(18): 3485–3496 https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.200300260
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G Dyker, E Muth, A S K Hashmi, L Ding. Gold(III) chloride-catalyzed addition reactions of electron-rich arenes to methyl vinyl ketone. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2003, 345(11): 1247–1252 https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.200303098
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A Buzas, F Gagosz. Gold(I)-catalyzed formation of 4-alkylidene-1,3-dioxolan-2-ones from propargylic tert-butyl carbonates. Organic Letters, 2006, 8(3): 515–518 https://doi.org/10.1021/ol053100o
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F Gagosz. Unusual gold(I)-catalyzed isomerization of 3-hydroxylated 1,5-enynes: Highly substrate-dependent reaction manifolds. Organic Letters, 2005, 7(19): 4129–4132 https://doi.org/10.1021/ol051397k
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G Revol, T McCallum, M Morin, F Gagosz, L Barriault. Photoredox transformations with dimeric gold complexes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, 2013, 52(50): 13342–13345 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201306727
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J Xie, T Zhang, F Chen, N Mehrkens, F Rominger, M Rudolph, A S K Hashmi. Gold-catalyzed highly selective photoredox C (sp2)-H difluoroalkylation and perfluoroalkylation of hydrazones. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, 2016, 55(8): 2934–2938 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201508622
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L Huang, M Rudolph, F Rominger, A S K Hashmi. Photosensitizer-free visible light-mediated gold-catalyzed 1,2-difunctionalization of alkynes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, 2016, 55(15): 4808–4813 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201511487
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L Huang, F Rominger, M Rudolph, A S K Hashmi. A general access to organogold(III) complexes by oxidative addition of diazonium salts. Chemical Communications, 2016, 52(38): 6435–6438 https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC02199A
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J Xie, K Sekine, S Witzel, P Kramer, M Rudolph, F Rominger, A S K Hashmi. Light-induced gold-catalyzed hiyama arylation: A coupling access to biarylboronates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, 2018, 57(51): 16648–16653 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201806427
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S Witzel, K Sekine, M Rudolph, A S K Hashmi. New transmetalation reagents for the gold-catalyzed visible light-enabled C(sp or sp2)-C(sp2) cross-coupling with aryldiazonium salts in the absence of a photosensitizer. Chemical Communications, 2018, 54(98): 13802–13804 https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC08227H
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S Witzel, J Xie, M Rudolph, A S K Hashmi. Photosensitizer-free, gold-catalyzed C‒C cross-coupling of boronic acids and diazonium salts enabled by visible light. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2017, 359(9): 1522–1528 https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.201700121
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J Xie, S Shi, T Zhang, N Mehrkens, M Rudolph, A S K Hashmi. A highly efficient gold-catalyzed photoredox α-C(sp3)-H alkynylation of tertiary aliphatic amines with sunlight. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, 2015, 54(20): 6046–6050 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201412399
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A S K Hashmi, A M Schuster, F Rominger. Gold catalysis: Isolation of vinylgold complexes derived from alkynes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, 2009, 48(44): 8247–8249 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200903134
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L Nunes Dos Santos Comprido, J Klein, G Knizia, J Kastner, A S K Hashmi. On the accessible reaction channels of vinyl gold(I) species: π- and σ-pathways. Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2017, 23(45): 10901–10905 https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201702023
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A S K Hashmi. Isolable vinylgold intermediates—first access to phantoms of homogeneous gold catalysis. Gold Bulletin, 2009, 42(4): 275–279 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03214949
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M J Johansson, D J Gorin, S T Staben, F D Toste. Gold(I)-catalyzed stereoselective olefin cyclopropanation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005, 127(51): 18002–18003 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja0552500
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Y Xia, A S Dudnik, V Gevorgyan, Y Li. Mechanistic insights into the gold-catalyzed cycloisomerization of bromoallenyl ketones: Ligand-controlled regioselectivity. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008, 130(22): 6940–6941 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja802144t
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J E Klein, G Knizia, L Nunes dos Santos Comprido, J Kästner, A S K C Hashmi. (sp3)-H bond activation by vinylidene gold(I) complexes: A concerted asynchronous or stepwise process? Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2017, 23(63): 16097–16103 https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201703815
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L Nunes dos Santos Comprido, J E Klein, G Knizia, J Kastner, A S K Hashmi. The stabilizing effects in gold carbene complexes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, 2015, 54(35): 10336–10340 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201412401
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A Fürstner, P Hannen. Carene terpenoids by gold-catalyzed cycloisomerization reactions. Chemical Communications, 2004, 22: 2546–2547 https://doi.org/10.1039/B412354A
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A Fürstner , P Hannen. Platinum- and gold-catalyzed rearrangement reactions of propargyl acetates: Total syntheses of (-)-α-cubebene, (-)-cubebol, sesquicarene and related terpenes. Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2006, 12(11): 3006–3019 https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.200501299
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Y Wang, Z Zheng, L Zhang. Intramolecular insertions into unactivated C(sp3)-H bonds by oxidatively generated β-diketone-α-gold carbenes: Synthesis of cyclopentanones. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015, 137(16): 5316–5319 https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b02280
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J Li, K Ji, R Zheng, J Nelson, L Zhang. Expanding the horizon of intermolecular trapping of in situ generated α-oxo gold carbenes: Efficient oxidative union of allylic sulfides and terminal alkynes via C‒C bond formation. Chemical Communications, 2014, 50(31): 4130–4133 https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC00739E
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D J Gorin, N R Davis, F D Toste. Gold(I)-catalyzed intramolecular acetylenic Schmidt reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005, 127(32): 11260–11261 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja053804t
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A Wetzel, F Gagosz. Gold-catalyzed transformation of 2-alkynyl arylazides: Efficient eccess to the valuable pseudoindoxyl and indolyl frameworks. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, 2011, 123(32): 7492–7496
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Y Xiao, L Zhang. Synthesis of bicyclic imidazoles via [2+3] cycloaddition between nitriles and regioselectively generated α-Imino gold carbene intermediates. Organic Letters, 2012, 14(17): 4662–4665 https://doi.org/10.1021/ol302102h
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Z Y Yan, Y Xiao, L Zhang. Gold-catalyzed one-step construction of 2,3-dihydro-1H-Pyrrolizines with an electron-withdrawing group in the 5-position: A formal synthesis of 7-methoxymitosene. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, 2012, 51(34): 8624–8627 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201203678
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P W Davies, A Cremonesi, L Dumitrescu. Intermolecular and selective synthesis of 2,4,5-trisubstituted oxazoles by a gold-catalyzed formal [3+2] cycloaddition. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, 2011, 50(38): 8931–8935 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201103563
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R J Reddy, M P Ball-Jones, P W Davies. Alkynyl thioethers in gold-catalyzed annulations to form oxazoles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, 2017, 56(43): 13310–13313 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201706850
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C Li, L Zhang. Gold-catalyzed nitrene transfer to activated alkynes: Formation of α, β-unsaturated amidines. Organic Letters, 2011, 13(7): 1738–1741 https://doi.org/10.1021/ol2002607
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J González, J Santamaría, Á L Suárez-Sobrino, A Ballesteros. One-pot and regioselective gold-catalyzed synthesis of 2-imidazolyl-1-pyrazolylbenzenes from 1-propargyl-1H-benzotriazoles, alkynes and nitriles through α-imino gold(I) carbene complexes. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2016, 358(9): 1398–1403 https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.201600022
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L Zhu, Y Yu, Z Mao, X Huang. Gold-catalyzed intermolecular nitrene transfer from 2H-azirines to ynamides: A direct approach to polysubstituted pyrroles. Organic Letters, 2015, 17(1): 30–33 https://doi.org/10.1021/ol503172h
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A Zhou, Q He, C Shu, Y Yu, S Liu, T Zhao, W Zhang, X Lu, L Ye. Atom-economic generation of gold carbenes: Gold-catalyzed formal [3+2] cycloaddition between ynamides and isoxazoles. Chemical Science (Cambridge), 2015, 6(2): 1265–1271 https://doi.org/10.1039/C4SC02596B
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R Sahani, R S Liu. Development of gold-catalyzed [4+1] and [2+2+1]/[4+2] annulations between propiolate derivatives and isoxazoles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, 2017, 56(4): 1026–1030 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201610665
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R D Kardile, B S Kale, P Sharma, R Liu. Gold-catalyzed [4+1]-annulation reactions between 1,4-diyn-3-ols and isoxazoles to construct a pyrrole core. Organic Letters, 2018, 20(13): 3806–3809 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.8b01398
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M Chen, N Sun, H Chen, Y Liu. Dioxazoles, a new mild nitrene transfer reagent in gold catalysis: Highly efficient synthesis of functionalized oxazoles. Chemical Communications, 2016, 52(37): 6324–6327 https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC02776H
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Z Zeng, H Jin, J Xie, B Tian, M Rudolph, F Rominger, A S K Hashmi. α-Imino gold carbenes from 1,2,4-oxadiazoles: Atom-economical access to fully substituted 4-aminoimidazoles. Organic Letters, 2017, 19(5): 1020–1023 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.7b00001
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W Xu, G Wang, N Sun, Y Liu. Gold-catalyzed formal [3+2] cycloaddition of ynamides with 4,5-dihydro-1,2,4-oxadiazoles: Synthesis of functionalized 4-aminoimidazoles. Organic Letters, 2017, 19(12): 3307–3310 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.7b01469
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H Jin, L Huang, J Xie, M Rudolph, F Rominger, A S K Hashmi. Gold-catalyzed C‒H annulation of anthranils with alkynes: A facile, flexible, and atom-economical synthesis of unprotected 7-acylindoles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, 2016, 55(2): 794–797 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201508309
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Z Zeng, H Jin, K Sekine, M Rudolph, F Rominger, A S K Hashmi. Gold-catalyzed regiospecific C‒H annulation of o-ethynylbiaryls with anthranils: p-Extension by ring-expansion en route to N-doped PAHs. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, 2018, 57(23): 6935–6939 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201802445
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X Tian, L Song, K Farshadfar, M Rudolph, F Rominger, T Oeser, A S K Hashmi. Acyl migrations versus epoxidations in gold catalyis: Facile, switchable and atom-economic synthesis of acylindoles and quinoline derivatives. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, 2019, in press, DOI: 10.1002/ anie.201912334
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H Jin, B Tian, X Song, J Xie, M Rudolph, F Rominger, A S K Hashmi. Gold-catalyzed synthesis of quinolines from propargyl silyl ethers and anthranils through the umpolung of a gold carbene carbon. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, 2016, 55(41): 12688–12692 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201606043
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M H Tsai, C Wang, A S Kulandai Raj, R Liu. Gold-catalyzed annulations of N-aryl ynamides with benzisoxazoles to construct 6H-indolo[2,3-b]quinoline cores. Chemical Communications, 2018, 54(77): 10866–10869 https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC04264K
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M D Patil, R Liu. Direct access to benzofuro[2,3-b]quinoline and 6H-chromeno[3,4-b] quinoline cores through gold-catalyzed annulation of anthranils with arenoxyethynes and aryl propargyl ethers. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2019, 17(18): 4452–4455 https://doi.org/10.1039/C9OB00468H
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Z Zeng, H Jin, M Rudolph, F Rominger, A S K Hashmi. Gold(III)-catalyzed site-selective and divergent synthesis of 2-aminopyrroles and quinoline-based polyazaheterocycles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, 2018, 57(50): 16549–16553 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201810369
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H C Hsieh, K C Tan, A S Kulandai Raj, R S Liu. Gold-catalyzed [4+1]-annulation reactions between anthranils and 4-methoxy-1,2-dienyl-5-ynes involving a 1,2-allene shift. Chemical Communications, 2019, 55(13): 1979–1982 https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC09082C
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P D Jadhav, X Lu, R Liu. Gold-catalyzed [5+2]- and [5+1]-annulations between ynamides and 1,2-benzisoxazoles with ligand-controlled chemoselectivity. ACS Catalysis, 2018, 8(10): 9697–9701 https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b03011
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W Xu, J Zhao, X Li, Y Liu. Selective [5+1] and [5+2] cycloaddition of ynamides or propargyl esters with benzo[d]isoxazoles via gold catalysis. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018, 83(24): 15470–15485 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.8b02935
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Y Yu, G Chen, L Zhu, Y Liao, Y Wu, X Huang. Gold-catalyzed bregioselective formal [3+2] cycloaddition of ynamides with pyrido[1,2-b]indazoles: Reaction development and mechanistic insights. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2016, 81(18): 8142–8154 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.6b01948
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X Tian, L Song, M Rudolph, F Rominger, T Oeser, A S K Hashmi. Sulfilimines as versatile nitrene transfer reagents: Facile access to diverse aza-heterocycles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, 2019, 58(11): 3589–3593 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201812002
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X Tian, L Song, M Rudolph, Q Wang, X Song, F Rominger, A S K Hashmi. N-pyridinyl sulfilimines as a source for α-imino gold carbenes: Access to 2-amino-substituted N-fused imidazoles. Organic Letters, 2019, 21(6): 1598–1601 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.9b00140
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X Tian, L Song, C Han, C Zhang, Y Wu, M Rudolph, F Rominger, A S K Hashmi. Gold(III)-catalyzed formal [3+2] annulations of N-acyl sulfilimines with ynamides for the synthesis of 4-aminooxazoles. Organic Letters, 2019, 21(8): 2937–2940 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.9b01011