Issue 8, 2010
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CrystEngComm

Nuclearity control in gold dithiocarboxylato compounds†

M. Luz Gallego,a   Alejandro Guijarro,a   Oscar Castillo,b   Teodor Parella,c   Ruben Mas-Ballestea  and  Felix Zamora*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Madrid, Spain
E-mail: felix.zamora@uam.es
Fax: +34 914974833
Tel: +34 914973962

b Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco, Apartado 644, Bilbao, Spain
E-mail: oscar.castillo@ehu.es

c Servei de Ressonància Magnètica Nuclear, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
E-mail: teodor.parella@uab.es

Abstract

The reaction between ipdt (ipdt = −S2CCH2CH(CH3)2) and KAu(CN)2 in ethanol gives rise to crystals of compound 1 in which two different entities are present: the dimetallic complex [Au2(ipdt)2] and the coordination polymer [Au2(ipdt)2]n. The infinite structure of the polymeric entity, [Au2(ipdt)2]n, is sustained by means of bridging dithiocarboxylato ligands. When 1 is dissolved in CS2, the ditiocarboxylato ligands of [Au2(ipdt)2]n are rearranged to afford the discrete complex [Au2(ipdt)2], which undergoes aggregation in solution at a low temperature and high concentration. The X-ray structure of [Au2(ipdt)2] suggests that the driving force of the aggregation observed in solution can be explained in terms of intermolecular aurophilic interactions.

Graphical abstract: Nuclearity control in gold dithiocarboxylato compounds

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C001150A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Jan 2010
Accepted
09 Mar 2010
First published
07 Apr 2010

CrystEngComm, 2010,12, 2332-2334

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Nuclearity control in gold dithiocarboxylato compounds

M. L. Gallego, A. Guijarro, O. Castillo, T. Parella, R. Mas-Balleste and F. Zamora, CrystEngComm, 2010, 12, 2332 DOI: 10.1039/C001150A

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