Tv. Baukova et al., HYPERCOORDINATED COMPOUNDS OF GOLD(I) .1. SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OFMONONUCLEAR AND BINUCLEAR ORGANOGOLD(I) DERIVATIVES OF DIPHENYL ETHER, Russian chemical bulletin, 43(4), 1994, pp. 681-688
Mono- and binuclear gold(I) derivatives of ortho-substituted diphenyl
ether, C(6)H(5)OC(6)H(4)AuPPh(3) and O(C6H4)(2)(AuPPh(3))(2), were pre
pared by the reaction of the 2,2'-dilithium derivative of diphenyl eth
er with ClAuPPh(3). X-Ray structural study has shown that these compou
nds contain secondary intramolecular bonds between the gold and oxygen
atoms. The interaction of C(6)H(5)OC(6)H(4)AuPPh(3) with (AuPPh(3))BF
4 affords the [C6H5OC6H4(AuPPh(3))(2)]BF4 cationic complex. The fatter
reacts with PPh(3) to give the starting C(6)H(5)OC(6)H(4)AuPPh(3) com
plex.