Silvia Díez-González from Imperial College London reviews the role of copper complexes as catalysts in Click azide–alkyne cycloadditions in this new Catalysis Science and Technology Perspective.
The Perspective is intended to inspire efforts to develop more efficient catalytic systems for this important Click Chemistry reaction.
This Perspective has been chosen as a Dalton Transactions Hot Article. Find out more here.
Well-defined copper(I) complexes for Click azide–alkyne cycloaddition reactions: one Click beyond
Silvia Díez-González
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0CY00064G, Perspective