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Gold unleashes the power of three

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Gold in the +3 oxidation state is scarcely used in catalysis, because the oxidants employed to generate it can damage reactants. An oxidant-free route to gold(III) catalysts reveals their potential. See Article p.449

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Figure 1: Preparation and application of a gold(III) catalyst.

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  1. Christopher M. B. K. Kourra and Nicolai Cramer are at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, SB ISIC LCSA, BCH 4305, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.,

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Kourra, C., Cramer, N. Gold unleashes the power of three. Nature 517, 440–441 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/517440a

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