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Isolation of an intermediate during the decomposition of a tetragold-phosphane complex
Biricik, Nermin,Fei, Zhaofu,Scopelliti, Rosario,Dyson, Paul J.
, p. 4232 - 4236 (2004)
Reaction of the diphosphanylamine 2,6-{(Ph2P)2N} 2C5H3N with four equivalents of Au(tht)C1 (tht = tetrahydrothiophene) affords the tetragold complex 2,6-{(ClAuPh 2P)2N}2C5H3N in high yield. Decomposition of the tetragold compound results in the formation of the digold complex 2,6-{(ClAuPh2P)HN}2C5H 3N and colloidal gold. A trigold intermediate, which contains a Au-Au interaction [2.9886(5) A] has been isolated, and while ultimately unstable, it is thought to be partially stabilised by virtue of the aurophilic nature of gold. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2004.