RT Journal Article T1 Gold-Catalyzed Cyclizations of Alkynol-Based Compounds: Synthesis of Natural Products and Derivatives A1 Alcaide, Benito A1 Almendros, Pedro A1 Alonso Gómez, José Miguel AB The last decade has witnessed dramatic growth in the number of reactions catalyzed by gold complexes because of their powerful soft Lewis acid nature. In particular, the gold-catalyzed activation of propargylic compounds has progressively emerged in recent years. Some of these gold-catalyzed reactions in alkynes have been optimized and show significant utility in organic synthesis. Thus, apart from significant methodology work, in the meantime gold-catalyzed cyclizations in alkynol derivatives have become an efficient tool in total synthesis. However, there is a lack of specific review articles covering the joined importance of both gold salts and alkynol-based compounds for the synthesis of natural products and derivatives. The aim of this Review is to survey the chemistry of alkynol derivatives under gold-catalyzed cyclization conditions and its utility in total synthesis, concentrating on the advances that have been made in the last decade, and in particular in the last quinquennium. PB MDPI SN 1420-3049 YR 2011 FD 2011-09-13 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/43249 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/43249 LA eng NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICIIN) NO Comunidad de Madrid NO Banco Santander/Universidad Complutense de Madrid DS Docta Complutense RD 6 oct 2024