Isolation of neutral mono- and dinuclear gold complexes of cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbenes

David S. Weinberger, Mohand Melaimi, Curtis E. Moore, Arnold L. Rheingold, Gernot Frenking, Paul Jerabek, Guy Bertrand

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Abstract

The smallest pieces of gold! Thanks to the presence of two π-accepting cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbenes (CAACs),complexes featuring one and two atoms of gold in the formal oxidation state of zero can be isolated.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8964-8967
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume52
Issue number34
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Aug 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • carbenes
  • complexes
  • gold
  • zero oxidation state

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