Front Cover Picture: Access to Unsymmetrically Substituted Diaryl Gold N‐Acyclic Carbene (NAC) and N‐Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Complexes via the Isonitrile Route (Adv. Synth. Catal. 3/2022)

Abstract

The front cover picture, designed by V. Vethacke, illustrates the four different routes to synthesize unsymmetrically substituted diaryl gold N-acyclic carbene (NAC) and N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) gold complexes via the isonitrile route. The synthesis performed in a melt is depicted as a boiling cauldron, while the mechanochemical one is illustrated as two grinding balls. The synthesis of NAC and NHC complexes in THF at room temperature is illustrated as a wand, since the reaction conditions are surprisingly mild. Details can be found in the Research Article by Hashmi and co-workers (V. Vethacke, V. Claus, M. C. Dietl, D. Ehjeij, A. Meister, J. F. Huber, L. K. Paschai Darian, M. Rudolph, F. Rominger, A. S. K. Hashmi, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2022, 364, 536–554; DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202101000)