ISSN:
0009-2940
Keywords:
Phosphane sulfides
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Gold(I) complexes
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Sulfide coordination
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Phosphorus
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Sulfur
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Chemistry
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Inorganic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Treatment of the ditertiary phosphane sulfides (CH2)n[PPh2S]2, 1a-1d, n = 1-4, with equivalent amounts of (dimethylsulfide)gold(I) chloride (Me2S)AuC1 affords the dinuclear complexes 2a-2d with an AuCl unit attached to each sulfur atom. The chlorides can be converted into the bromides 3a-3c by metathesis using KBr, or by reacting 1d with (tetrahydrothiophene)gold bromide. With [(Ph3P)Au]+ O3SCF3 as the aurating agent for the diphosphane disulfides, the corresponding dicationic products are obtained: {(CH2)n[SPPh2AuPPh3]2}2+ · 2 O3SCF3 (4b-4d, n = 2-4). An excess of the reagents does not lead to polygold clustering at the sulfur atoms, and P-S cleavage occurs instead to give sulfonium salts {S[Au(PPh3)]3}+ X-. The reaction of Ph3PS with equimolar quantities of [ (Ph3P)Au]O3SCF3 leads to the cationic 1:1 complex 5, and with an excess of the agent the P-S bond is ruptured. The structures of compounds 4b and 4d were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The dications have crystallographic centers ot inversion, the coordination at the gold atoms is linear [4b: 179.03(3)° 4d: 175.29(2)°] and the angles at the sulfur atoms are acute [4b: 97.76(4)° 4d: 96.37(3)°], but there are no short Au-Au contacts.
Additional Material:
2 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cber.19971300723
