Paul J. Fischer, Victor G. Young Jr. and John E. Ellis
Hexacarbonyltitanate(2-) reacts with (R3P)AuCl (R = C6H11, Et) to provide the first anions of the general formula [M(CO)x(AuPR3)y] z, and a structurally characterized (for R = Et) compound containing a largely unsupported gold–titanium bond.