Technical Notes:

1. Highly active gold catalyst for the intramolecular exohydrofunctionalization of allenes.

2.Catalyst used for the hydroarylation of allenes.

4.Catalyst used for the intramolecular cyclization of monopropargyl triols.

4.Synthesis of pyrroles via a gold-catalyzed cascade reaction.

5.Gold-catalyzed carboalkoxylations of 2-ethynylbenzyl ethers.

6.Gold-catalyzed annulations of allenes with N-hydroxyanilines.

7.Gold-catalyzed 1,2-iminonitronation of electron-deficient alkynes with nitrosoarenes.

8.Gold-catalyzed used in the synthesis of dihydroisocoumarins.

9.Gold-catalyzed, dehydrative cyclizations in water at room temperature.

10.Tandem gold-catalyzed dehydrative cyclization/Diels-Alder reactions .