Am. Larsonneurgalibert et al., SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NEW PHOSPHINE GOLD(I) COMPLEXES - AU[(C6H5)(2)PCH2N(C6H5)(2)]X (X=CL, I) - NMR AND ELECTROCHEMICAL SOLUTION STUDIES, Journal of chemical research. Synopses, (3), 1996, pp. 168-169
Reaction of Au(NPm)(2)X (1) with an oxidizing agent such as copper dic
hloride or iodine yields Au(NPm)X [NPm = (C6H5)(2)PCH2N(C6H5)(2)]; com
pounds 2 (X = Cl) and 3 (X = I) were isolated as microcrystals and cha
racterized by elemental analysis, IR, NMR and mass spectroscopy, and t
he mechanism of their formation was studied by P-31 NMR and electroche
mical techniques.