Binuclear ten-membered ring cyclometallated complexes of digold(I) and their reactions with iodine and bromine

Martin A. Bennett*, Suresh K. Bhargava, David C.R. Hockless, Fabian Mohr, Kellie Watts, Lee L. Welling, Anthony C. Willis

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    Abstract

    The cyclometallated digold(I) complexes [Au2(μ-2-C 6H4CH2PPh2)2] (10) and [Au 2(μ-2-CH2 C6H4PPh 2)2] (11) have been synthesized by the reaction of Li[2-C6H4CH2PPh2] and Li[2-CH 2 C6H4PPh2], respectively, with [AuBr(PEt3)]. A single crystal X-ray structure analysis of 10 shows the linearly coordinated gold(I) atoms to be separated by 3.0035(9) Å in a puckered ten-membered ring. Both complexes add one mol equivalent of iodine to form initially gold(I)-gold(III) complexes [Au(μ-2-C6H 4CH2PPh2)2AuI2] (14a) and [Au(μ-2-CH2C6H4PPh2) 2AuI2] (17), which isomerize to the corresponding salts [Au(κ2-P,C-C6H4CH2PPh 2)2][AuI2] (13a) and [Au(κ2-P, C-CH2 C6H4PPh2)2] [AuI2] (16). In 13a the gold(III) cation is planar coordinated by a pair of chelate P-C donor ligands, the phosphorus and carbon atoms being, separately, mutually cis, as shown by X-ray structural analysis. From the reaction of 10 with 2 mol equivalents of bromine, the neutral chelate complex [AuBr22-P, C-C6H4CH 2PPh2)] (15) has been isolated and structurally characterized.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1563-1569
    Number of pages7
    JournalZeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section B Journal of Chemical Sciences
    Volume59
    Issue number11-12
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2004

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