Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Hydrochlorination of Acetylene Catalyzed by Gold / Marco Conte, Graham J Hutchings -- Gold-Catalyzed Reduction Reactions / Avelino Corma, Pedro Serna -- Gold-Catalyzed Benzannulations: Asao₆Yamamoto Benzopyrylium Pathway / Naoki Asao, Yoshinori Yamamoto -- Gold-Catalyzed Reactions of Propargyl Esters, Propargyl Alcohols, and Related Compounds / Pablo Mauleon, F Dean Toste -- Intramolecular Hydroarylation of Alkynes / Paula de Mendoza, Antonio M Echavarren -- Gold₆Alkyne Complexes / Maria Agostina Cinellu -- Gold₆Alkene Complexes / Maria Agostina Cinellu -- Hydration and Hydroalkoxylation of CC Multiple Bonds / J Henrique Teles -- Gold-Catalyzed Aldol and Related Reactions / Christoph Hubbert, A Stephen K Hashmi -- Gold-Catalyzed Oxidation Reactions: Oxidation of Alkenes / Yuanhong Liu -- Gold-Catalyzed Oxygen-Atom Transfer to Alkynes / Maria Camila Blanco Jaimes, A Stephen K Hashmi -- Gold-Catalyzed Additions to Alkenes: -Nucleophiles / Zigang Li, David A Capretto, Chuan He -- Gold-Catalyzed Additions to Alkenes: -Nucleophiles / Zigang Li, David A Capretto, Chuan He -- Oxidation of Alcohols and Carbohydrates / Cristina Della Pina, Ermelinda Falletta, Michele Rossi -- Applications of Gold-Catalyzed Reactions to Natural Product Synthesis / Matthias Rudolph -- Gold-Catalyzed Addition Reactions to Allenes / Christian Winter, Norbert Krause -- Index.

"With its impressive features, gold has added another facet to organic catalysis. Focusing on homogeneous catalysis this book also covers the main applications in heterogeneous catalysis. Following a look at the gold-catalyzed addition of heteroatom nucleophiles to alkynes, this monograph goes on to discuss gold-catalyzed additions to allenes and alkenes, gold-catalyzed benzannulations, cycloisomerization and rearrangement reactions, as well as oxidation and reduction reactions. The whole is finished off with a section on gold-catalyzed aldol and related reactions and the application of gold-catalyzed reactions to natural product synthesis."-- Provided by publisher.

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