Gold activation of nitriles: catalytic hydration to amides.

[1]  S. Nolan,et al.  [(NHC)AuCl]-catalyzed Meyer–Schuster rearrangement: scope and limitations , 2009 .

[2]  S. Nolan,et al.  Cationic NHC–gold(I) complexes: Synthesis, isolation, and catalytic activity , 2009 .

[3]  S. Nolan,et al.  [(NHC)Au(I)]-catalyzed acid-free alkyne hydration at part-per-million catalyst loadings. , 2009, Journal of the American Chemical Society.

[4]  Zhongyuan Zhou,et al.  Mechanism of catalytic hydration of nitriles with hydrotris(pyrazolyl)borato (Tp) ruthenium complexes , 2008 .

[5]  A. Echavarren,et al.  Gold(I)-catalyzed intermolecular addition of carbon nucleophiles to 1,5- and 1,6-enynes. , 2008, The Journal of organic chemistry.

[6]  S. Nolan,et al.  N-heterocyclic carbenes in gold catalysis. , 2008, Chemical Society reviews.

[7]  V. Cadierno,et al.  Selective ruthenium-catalyzed hydration of nitriles to amides in pure aqueous medium under neutral conditions. , 2008, Chemistry.

[8]  F Dean Toste,et al.  Ligand effects in homogeneous Au catalysis. , 2008, Chemical reviews.

[9]  A. Arcadi.  Alternative synthetic methods through new developments in catalysis by gold. , 2008, Chemical reviews.

[10]  Zigang Li,et al.  Gold-catalyzed organic transformations. , 2008, Chemical reviews.

[11]  K. Endo,et al.  Rh(I)-catalyzed hydration of organonitriles under ambient conditions. , 2008, Angewandte Chemie.

[12]  S. Lindeman,et al.  Kinetic, Spectroscopic, and X-Ray Crystallographic Evidence for the Cooperative Mechanism of the Hydration of Nitriles Catalyzed by a Tetranuclear Ruthenium-μ-oxo-μ-hydroxo Complex , 2008 .

[13]  J. Barluenga,et al.  Gold-catalyzed intermolecular hetero-dehydro-diels-alder cycloaddition of captodative dienynes with nitriles: a new reaction and regioselective direct access to pyridines. , 2008, Journal of the American Chemical Society.

[14]  R. Welter,et al.  A ferrous center as reaction site for hydration of a nitrile group into a carboxamide in mild conditions. , 2008, Journal of the American Chemical Society.

[15]  Jie Wu,et al.  Gold(III) Chloride/Silver Triflate: A Highly Efficient Catalyst for Ring-Opening Reaction of Aziridines with Electron-Rich Arenes , 2007 .

[16]  S. Nolan,et al.  [(NHC)AuI]-catalyzed formation of conjugated enones and enals: an experimental and computational study. , 2007, Chemistry.

[17]  A Stephen K Hashmi,et al.  Gold-catalyzed organic reactions. , 2007, Chemical reviews.

[18]  Yoshinori Yamamoto.  From σ- to π-Electrophilic Lewis Acids. Application to Selective Organic Transformations , 2007 .

[19]  B. Keppler,et al.  The Complexes [OsCl2(azole)2(dmso)2] and [OsCl2(azole)(dmso)3]: Synthesis, Structure, Spectroscopic Properties and Catalytic Hydration of Chloronitriles , 2007 .

[20]  M. Crestani,et al.  Catalytic Hydration of Benzonitrile and Acetonitrile using Nickel(0) , 2006 .

[21]  K. Takai,et al.  Dramatic Rate Acceleration by a Diphenyl-2-pyridylphosphine Ligand in the Hydration of Nitriles Catalyzed by Ru(acac)2 Complexes , 2005 .

[22]  A. Pombeiro,et al.  Metal-Mediated and Metal-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Nitriles , 2005 .

[23]  B. Feringa,et al.  Platinum-catalyzed selective hydration of hindered nitriles and nitriles with acid- or base-sensitive groups. , 2004, The Journal of organic chemistry.

[24]  N. Mizuno,et al.  Efficient hydration of nitriles to amides in water, catalyzed by ruthenium hydroxide supported on alumina. , 2004, Angewandte Chemie.

[25]  J. Kovacs.  Synthetic analogues of cysteinate-ligated non-heme iron and non-corrinoid cobalt enzymes. , 2004, Chemical reviews.

[26]  A. Pombeiro,et al.  Additions to metal-activated organonitriles. , 2002, Chemical reviews.

[27]  A. W. Parkins,et al.  The catalytic hydration of nitriles to amides using a homogeneous platinum phosphinito catalyst , 2000 .

[28]  A. Hashmi,et al.  A New Gold-Catalyzed C—C Bond Formation. , 2000 .

[29]  A. S. K. Hashmi,et al.  Eine neue Gold‐katalysierte C‐C‐Bindungsknüpfung , 2000 .

[30]  Abdelaziz Nait Ajjou,et al.  The hydration of nitriles catalyzed by water-soluble rhodium complexes , 2000 .

[31]  C. Chin,et al.  Synthesis and Catalytic Activity of Water-Soluble Iridium-Sulfonated Triphenylphosphine Com;lex. Hydration of Nitriles , 1999 .

[32]  P. M. Angus,et al.  Occurrence of Neighboring Group Participation Reactions in Amide-N and Amidine Complexes Derived from Pentaammine(dinitrile)cobalt(III) Ions. , 1996, Inorganic chemistry.

[33]  N. Kostić,et al.  Nitrile hydration catalysed by palladium(II) complexes , 1996 .

[34]  A. W. Parkins,et al.  A new homogeneous platinum containing catalyst for the hydrolysis of nitriles , 1995 .

[35]  T. Naota,et al.  Ruthenium-catalyzed hydration of nitriles and transformation of δ-ketonitriles to ene-lactams: total synthesis of (−)-pumiliotoxin C , 1993 .

[36]  A. Gaset,et al.  Selective catalysis of the hydration of nitriles into amides. Part II[1]. Kinetic investigation of the reaction catalyzed by [PdCl(OH)(bipy)(H2O)]. Generalization of the reaction , 1981 .

[37]  T. Kaden,et al.  Cu2+-promoted Hydrolysis of cyanomethyl-substituted tetra-azamacrocycles , 1981 .

[38]  D. Buckingham,et al.  INTRAMOLECULAR HYDRATION OF NITRILES COORDINATED TO COBALT(III). FORMATION OF FIVE- AND SIX-MEMBERED CHELATED AMIDES , 1977 .

[39]  D. Buckingham,et al.  Reactions of coordinated nucleophiles. Formation of an amide from a nitrile , 1972 .

[40]  R. Breslow,et al.  Strongly catalyzed ligand-ligand reaction within a mixed metal complex , 1971 .

[41]  R. Breslow,et al.  Metal-Catalyzed Hydration of Phenanthroline Nitrile , 1967 .