Issue 1, 2016

Isolation of cationic and neutral (allenylidene)(carbene) and bis(allenylidene)gold complexes

Abstract

The one-electron reduction of a cationic (allenylidene)[cyclic(alkyl) (amino)carbene]gold(I) complex leads to the corresponding neutral, paramagnetic, formally gold(0) complex. DFT calculations reveal that the spin density of this highly robust coinage metal complex is mainly located on the allenylidene fragment, with only 1.8 and 3.1% on the gold center and the CAAC ligand, respectively. In addition, the first homoleptic bis(allenylidene)gold(I) complex has been prepared and fully characterized.

Graphical abstract: Isolation of cationic and neutral (allenylidene)(carbene) and bis(allenylidene)gold complexes

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
26 ሴፕቴ 2015
Accepted
14 ኖቬም 2015
First published
16 ኖቬም 2015
This article is Open Access

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Chem. Sci., 2016,7, 150-154

Isolation of cationic and neutral (allenylidene)(carbene) and bis(allenylidene)gold complexes

L. Jin, M. Melaimi, A. Kostenko, M. Karni, Y. Apeloig, C. E. Moore, A. L. Rheingold and G. Bertrand, Chem. Sci., 2016, 7, 150 DOI: 10.1039/C5SC03654B

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