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The methanide carbon of [Au(C6F5)(PPh(2)-CHPPh(2)Me)] acts as a nucleo
philic center toward reagents such as carbon disulfide and isothiocyan
ates, affording [Au-III{PPh(2)C(PPh(2)Me)C(X)S}(2)][Au-1(C6F5)(2)] (X
= S (I), 4-ClC6H4N (2), PhN (3)) through a carbon-carbon coupling reac
tion. The X-ray structure of 1 shows the ligand PPh(2)C(PPh(2)Me)C(X)S
acting as a bidentate P,S-chelate.