ISSN:
0009-2940
Keywords:
Gold
;
N ligands
;
Gold(I) complexes
;
(Imine)gold(I) complexes
;
Guanidines
;
Ketimines
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Chemistry
;
Inorganic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
(Tetramethylguanidine)gold(I) chloride (1) and bromide (2) are readily prepared in high yield from (Me2N)2C=NH and [AuCl(Me2S)] or [AuBr(tht) (tht = tetrahydrothiophene), repectively. NMR spectra of chloroform solutions of the two products indicate equilibria of the type 2 LAuX = L2Au+AuX2-. The cationic complex [Au(NH=C(NMe2)2)(PPh3)]+ is obtained as the triflate salt 3 from tetramethylguanidine and [Au(PPh3)]+O3SCF3-. In solution at low temperature (-60°C), this compound adopts a rigid structure whereby the NMe2 groups are rendered non-equivalent, but at ambient temperature there is coalescence of the NMe2 signals in the 1H- and 13C-NMR spectra. The related benzophenoneimine complex [Au{NH=CPh2}(PPh3)]+BF4- (4), which was synthesized as a reference3 compound, exhibits similar behaviour. In solution at low temperature (-60°C) the two phenyl rings of the ligand are diastereotopic. In contrast, the triisopropylphosphane derivative [Au[NH=CPh2](PiPr3)]+BF4- (5) is rigid on the NMR time scale, even at 25°C. Thbe solid-state structures of 2, 3, 4, and 5 have been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Compound 2 crystallizes in the ionic form with discrete Au … Au bonded ion pairs [Au[NH=C(NMe2)2]2]+ [AuBr2]- [Au … Au 3.1413(8) Å]. The cations of 3, 4, and 5 show the [Au(PPh3)]+ units N-coordinated to the imino groups, with the nitrogen atoms in a trigonal-planar configuration.
Additional Material:
4 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cber.19971301010
