Issue 69, 2002

Metal–metal and ligand–ligand interactions in gold poly-yne systems

Abstract

The acetylide-functionalised thiophene gold(I) complexes [(PPh3)Au(C[triple bond, length as m-dash]C(C4H2S)(C4H3S))] 1, [(PPh3)Au(C[triple bond, length as m-dash]C(C4H2S)C[triple bond, length as m-dash]C)Au(PPh3)] 2, [(PR3)Au(C[triple bond, length as m-dash]C(C4H2S)2C[triple bond, length as m-dash]C)Au(PR3)] (R = Ph 3, Cy 4) and [(PPh3)Au(C[triple bond, length as m-dash]C(C4H2S)3C[triple bond, length as m-dash]C)Au(PPh3)] 5 have been prepared by the reaction of the trimethylsilylethynyl oligothiophene with KOH/MeOH, followed by the addition of a stoichiometric amount of the gold(I) phosphine chloride and NaOMe in MeOH. The products have been characterised spectroscopically and their single crystal X-ray structures determined. In the molecular structures of all the complexes the Au(I) centres adopt the expected linear, two-coordinate geometry, except that in 2 the material forms a polymer through additional Au⋯Au interactions [Au⋯Au 3.2915(10) and 3.2347(9) Å] between the molecular units. With the longer acetylene-functionalised spacer groups no Au⋯Au interactions are present, but hydrogen bonding and π⋯π interactions are of significance. The solution absorption and emission spectra of these complexes have been recorded and the maxima are increasingly red-shifted as the length and planarity of the functionalised spacer groups increases which is consistent with the absorptions and emissions being dominated by ligand-centred π–π* transitions.

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 mar 2002
Accepted
16 apr 2002
First published
19 iyl 2002

CrystEngComm, 2002,4, 405-412

Metal–metal and ligandligand interactions in gold poly-yne systems

P. Li, B. Ahrens, K. Choi, M. S. Khan, P. R. Raithby, P. J. Wilson and W. Wong, CrystEngComm, 2002, 4, 405 DOI: 10.1039/B202283D

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