Aurophilic association in endo-dicyclopentadienechlorogold(I)
Journal article, 2000

The complex between endo-dicyclopentadiene and gold(I) chloride has been prepared by a substitution reaction in dichloromethane, whereby carbon monoxide in dissolved [AuCl(CO)] has been displaced by the endo-dicyclopentadiene ligand. This ligand is eta(2)-bonded to gold(I) via the C=C bond in the norbornene ring. Crystallographic studies show that the [AuCl(C10H12)] moiety undergoes aurophilic association to form a [(AuCl(C10H12))(2)] dimer, in which the Au-Au distance is 3.4282(8) Angstrom.

gold(I)

infrared spectroscopy

endo-dicyclopentadiene

aurophilic

crystal structure

Author

Mikael Håkansson

Henrik Eriksson

Susan Elisabeth Jagner

Department of Inorganic Chemistry

Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

0022-328X (ISSN)

Vol. 602 1-2 133-136

Subject Categories

Chemical Sciences

DOI

10.1016/S0022-328X(00)00139-X

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10/7/2017