Alice Jane McEllin, Christopher A. Goult, Adrian C. Whitwood, Jason M. Lynam and Duncan W. Bruce
Dalton Trans., 2023,52, 872-876
DOI:
10.1039/D2DT04114F,
Communication
The C^N^C ligand 2,6-bis(2,3-dialkoxyphenyl)pyridine forms dimercury and orthopalladated complexes, both of which may be transmetallated to gold(III) complexes; the gold complexes may also be formed directly in a Rh(III)-catalysed process, hence it is possible to circumvent the use of organomercury intermediates in the synthesis of this important class of compound.