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New Gold Carbene Complexes via Carbene Transfer Reactions
Aumann, Rudolf,Fischer, Ernst Otto
, p. 1853 - 1857 (2007/10/02)
Tungsten aryl- and alkylcarbene complexes on reaction with HAuCl4 give good yields of the corresponding gold carbene complexes (2a - e, 4).The reaction involves a redox process for which a mechanism is dicussed.The transfer of the carbene ligand proceeds by retention of its configuration.