Gold coordination by a tertiary phosphine with three thioether functions

  • Stefan Fuchs
  • , José M. López-De-Luzuriaga
  • , M. Elena Olmos
  • , Alexander Sladek
  • , Hubert Schmidbaur

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Abstract

The reaction of tris(phenylthiomethyl)phosphine with equimolecular amounts of [AuPPh3]+[BF4]- affords the complex (tris(phenylthiomethyl)phosphine)(triphenylphosphine)-gold(I) tetrafluoroborate 1 in good yield. The X-ray diffraction analysis of this product shows an unusual conformation with the three CH2SPh arms of the phosphine folded back towards the metal atom shielding the P-Au-P' unit. The reaction of the same substrate with Bis(tetrahydrothiophene)gold(I) perchlorate in a 1:1 molar ratio leads to the displacement of both weakly coordinated tht ligands, and a dimeric product [AuP(CH2Sph)3]2(ClO4)2 2 is obtained.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)217-220
Number of pages4
JournalZeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section B Journal of Chemical Sciences
Volume52
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1997

Keywords

  • Ambidentate P/S-ligand
  • Gold(I) coordination
  • Tris(phenylthiomethyl)phosphine

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