Ferrocenyl Gold Complexes as Efficient Catalysts

More than half a century after the discovery of ferrocene structure in 1951, it remains as suitable building block many research areas, including catalysis with development key chiral catalysts. On other hand, gold-mediated has been raised recent years, allowing creation great variety C−C bonds and C-heteroatom bonds. In this context, review covers advances made combination these two iconic figures organometallic chemistry field, since first gold catalyzed reaction using ligand reported 1986. The excellent properties versatility metallocene, allowed obtainment plethora ligands for metal catalysis, although their use joined to is still scarcely explored.