RT Journal Article T1 Selective Functionalization of Arene C(sp2 )−H Bonds by Gold Catalysis: The Role of Carbene Substituents A1 Pizarro Javier, Juan Diego A1 Schmidtke, Inga L. A1 Nova, Ainara A1 Romero Fructos-Vázquez, Manuel A1 Pérez Romero, Pedro José AB The complete regioselective incorporation of carbene units to nonactivated arene rings has been achieved employing gold(I) catalysts bearing alkoxydiaminophosphine ligands, with readily available, nonelaborated ethyl 2-phenyl-diazoacetate as the carbene source. These results are in contrast with the scarce precedents which required highly elaborated diazo substrates. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations have revealed the important role of the R group in the C(R)CO 2Et fragment, which dramatically affects the energy profile of this transformation. PB American Chemical Society SN 2155-5435 (electrónico) YR 2022 FD 2022-05-25 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/21352 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/21352 LA eng NO Pizarro, J. D., Schmidtke, I. L., Nova, A., Fructos, M. R., & Pérez, P. J. (2022). Selective Functionalization of Arene C(sp2)–H Bonds by Gold Catalysis: The Role of Carbene Substituents. In ACS Catalysis (Vol. 12, Issue 12, pp. 6851–6856). American Chemical Society (ACS). https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c01713 NO We thank the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación for Grant PID2020-113797RB-C21, also financed by FEDER “Una manera de hacer Europa”. We also thank Junta de Andalucía (P18-RT-1536) and Universidad de Huelva (P.O. Feder UHU-1260216). I.S. and A.N. acknowledge the support from the Research Council of Norway through its FRINATEK (No. 314321), Centre of Excellence schemes (No. 262695), and the Norwegian Metacenter for Computational Science (NOTUR) for computational resources (project number nn4654k).Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Huelva / CBUA DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva RD 1 jun 2026