The exact nature of the gold–carbon bond formed during homogeneous gold catalysis has recently attracted a lot of interest and is somewhat controversial. Now a study of the bonding and trends in reactivity of various gold complexes offers new insights into whether such structures can be defined as gold-stabilized cations or gold carbenes.
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Echavarren, A. Carbene or cation?. Nature Chem 1, 431–433 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.344
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