Ainscough, Eric W., Bowmaker, Graham A., Brodie, Andrew M., Freeman, Graham H., Hanna, John V., Healy, Peter C., Robinson, Ward T., Skelton, Brian W., Smith, Mark E., Sobolev, Alexandre N. and White, Allan H. (2010) Structural and spectroscopic characterisation of linearly coordinated gold(I) tribenzylphosphane complexes. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.2010 (No.13). pp. 2044-2053. doi:10.1002/ejic.200901209

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Abstract

The 1:1 tribenzylphosphane (PBn3) complexes of gold(I)-[(Bn3P)AuX] (X = Cl and Br) have been synthesised, and their structures were determined by single-crystal X-ray crystallography. The compounds are isomorphous, neutral molecules with linearly coordinated P-Au-X arrays. Each structure contains three independent [(Bn3P)AuX] entities lying on the three threefold axes of space group P3c1. The mean bond lengths are Au-Cl 2.302(8), Au-P 2.227(11) angstrom for the chloride and Au-Br 2.404(10), Au-P 2.229(4) angstrom for the bromide. These contrast with the 1:1 adducts previously reported for copper(I), which take the form [Cu(PBn3)(2)][CuX2]. The 1:2 AuX:PBn3 compounds that have been synthesised are formulated as [Au(PBn3)(2)]X center dot nH(2)O (X = Cl, n = 1 or 2; X = I and BF4, n = 0). Single-crystal X-ray structures show that linearly two-coordinate centrosymmetric [Au(PBn3)(2)](+) arrays are found in [Au(PBn3)(2)]Cl center dot H2O and (Au(PBn3)(2)]BF4 with Au-P bond lengths of 2.2988(7) and 2.3016(7) angstrom for the chloride and 2.2975(7) angstrom for the tetrafluoroborate. v(AuX) bands in the far-IR spectra of [(Bn3P)AuX] are assigned at 320 and 227 cm(-1) for X = Cl and X = Br, respectively. The P-31 CP MAS NMR spectra of [(Bn3P)AuX] (X = Cl, Br) and [Au(PBn3)(2)]X (X = Cl center dot H2O, Cl center dot 2H(2)O, I, BF4) are reported, and the observation of (2)J(PP) coupling in the spectrum of [Au(PBn3)(2)]Cl center dot 2H(2)O is consistent with the presence in this complex of noncentrosymmetric cations in which the two phosphorus atoms are inequivalent.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry
Divisions:	Administration > Vice Chancellor's Office Faculty of Science > Physics
Journal or Publication Title:	European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
Publisher:	Wiley-VCH Verlag GMBH
ISSN:	1434-1948
Official Date:	May 2010
Dates:	Date Event May 2010 Published
Volume:	Vol.2010
Number:	No.13
Number of Pages:	10
Page Range:	pp. 2044-2053
DOI:	10.1002/ejic.200901209
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder:	Massey University, Advantage West Midlands (AWM), European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

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