Catalysis and Organic Synthesis Laboratory
The Patil Research Group
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal

Gold complexes have emerged as excellent carbophilic activators in numerous organic transformations involving the activation of carbon–carbon multiple bonds towards the attack of a large variety of nucleophiles (Our reviews: Current Science, 2013, 104, 1671; Tetrahedron, 2012, 68, 8079; Chem. Asian J., 2012, 7, 2186; ChemCatChem, 2011, 3, 1121). Banking on the intrinsic π-activation property of gold complexes, our group has reported a broad array of novel reactivities. The following schematic presentation would provide a brief overview of our work.