Gold is an attractive metal for using as catalyst because is very inert and resistant to air oxidation compared with other metals; furthermore, when gold is dispersed as nanoparticles onto a support it attains exceptional catalytic properties in organic reactions. Some heterogeneous gold catalysts have activity in the transformations of monoterpenes and monoterpenoids, natural organic compounds extracted from plants whose transformations produce substances with applications in fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, agriculture, polymers and food industries. This review describes the achievements of some transformations of monoterpenes (α-pinene and limonene) and monoterpenoids (α-pinene epoxide, verbenol epoxide, myrtenol, nopol, perillyl alcohol, geraniol, nerol, carveol, citronellol, isoborneol, borneol, menthol, isopulegol, citronellal, carvone oxime and 2-adamantanol) reported from 2002 to 2018 through oxidation, hydrogenation, isomerization and amination over gold-based heterogeneous catalysts.

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使用金基多相催化剂转化单萜和单萜

与其他金属相比，金是一种极具吸引力的金属，可用作催化剂，因为它非常惰性且能抵抗空气氧化；此外，当金以纳米粒子的形式分散在载体上时，它在有机反应中获得了卓越的催化性能。一些多相金催化剂在单萜和单萜类化合物的转化中具有活性，单萜类化合物是从植物中提取的天然有机化合物，其转化产生的物质可用于精细化工、制药、化妆品、农业、聚合物和食品工业。这篇综述描述了单萜（α-蒎烯和柠檬烯）和单萜类化合物（α-蒎烯环氧化物、马鞭草醇环氧化物、桃金娘醇、nopol、紫苏醇、香叶醇、橙花醇、香芹醇、香茅醇、异冰片醇、冰片醇、薄荷醇、异胡薄荷醇）的一些转化成果，香茅醛，