Research report 2011 - Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung

Gold Recycling

Authors
Alcarazo, Manuel
Departments
Metallorganische Chemie (Prof. Fürstner)
Summary
The rapidly expanding field of gold catalysis and the growing number of research groups involved in this area clearly highlight its potential in synthetic organic chemistry. However, the continuous increase of the prize of gold as well as other noble metals during the last years makes the development of new strategies compulsory that allow for an efficient recovery and recycling of these expensive catalysts after their use. Here we show how ligands based on phosphenium and other phosphorus-centered cations can offer a potential solution to this problem.

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