During the past two decades, gold-catalyzed nitrene-transfer reactions via α-imino
gold carbenes have received extensive attention, as this strategy provides rapid access
to nitrogen-containing molecules with high efficiency. In this review, we focus on
recent progress in gold-catalyzed formal annulations of ynamides with isoxazole derivatives
as nitrene-transfer reagents via α-imino gold carbenes in atom-economic and rapid
construction of N-heterocycles.
Key words
gold catalysis - gold carbenes - ynamides - isoxazoles - annulations - N-heterocycles