Studies on gold(II) complexes with hard and soft donor ligands. Part I. Complexes with o-aminobenzenethiol

Abstract

The synthesis and characterisation of gold(II) complexes with o-aminobenzenethiol is reported. The e.s.r. results indicate that the highest occupied molecular orbital has appreciable contribution from the sulphur donors of the ligands. It is the first time that binuclear gold(II) complexes giving well resolved seven-line e.s.r. patterns originating from two ¹⁹⁷Au nuclei have been reported.