Award Address (Elias J. Corey Award for Outstanding Original Contribution in Organic Synthesis by a Young Investigator, sponsored by The Pfizer Endowment Fund). Gold(I) catalysts for organic synthesis: Development, applications and asymmetric catalysis

ORGN 271

F. Dean Toste, fdtoste@berkeley.edu, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 627 Latimer Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720
This lecture will focus on the use of cationic phosphinegold(I) complexes as catalysts for organic reactions. A number of reactions which proceed by mechanisms in which gold(I) serves to activate pi-bonds towards nucleophilic addition and in some cases stabilize the resulting cationic intermediates by backbonding will be presented. In addition, strategies towards developing gold(I) complexes for enantioselective catalysis will be discussed. This will include the application of chiral phosphine gold(I) complexes and chiral counterions to induce enantioselectivity.
 

Elias J. Corey Award for Outstanding Original Contribution in Organic Synthesis by a Young Investigator: Symposium in Honor of F. Dean Toste
8:30 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, April 8, 2008 Morial Convention Center -- La Nouvelle, Blrm. C, Oral

Division of Organic Chemistry

The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008