The authors of this Dalton Transactions Hot Article show that gold(III) has two roles in reactions between gold(III) and porphyrins. The gold coordinates with porphyrins to make new complexes and can act as an effective catalyst in C-H activation which can be tuned through changing the anions, ligands and oxidants. Why not download the article now for free until the end of Feb to find out more……
Dual facet of gold(III) in the reactions of gold(III) and porphyrins
Hongbin Lv, Boyan Yang, Jing Jing, Yi Yu, Jing Zhang and Jun-Long Zhang
Dalton Trans., 2012, DOI: 10.1039/C2DT12280D
