A novel route for large-scale synthesis of [Au(NHC)(OH)] complexes

The ERC (Advanced Investigator Award FUNCAT and PoC award GOLDCAT), the EPSRC, KSU and Syngenta are gratefully acknowledged for support of this work. Umicore AG is acknowledged for their generous gift of auric acid. S.P.N. is a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award holder.A novel route for the large-scale synthesis of [Au(NHC)(OH)] complexes is reported. Using this new methodology, several [Au(NHC)(OH)] complexes were readily and efficiently accessed on multi-gram scale (up to 20 g).Publisher PDFPeer reviewe