Aurophilicity-impaired internal molecular motion of trinuclear gold(I) complexes †

Abstract

The trinuclear (chloro)gold(I) complex of the tritertiary phosphine PhP[C₆H₄(PPh₂)-2]₂ was found to have a compact unsymmetrical structure in the crystalline state which is retained in solution owing to the fixation of the gold atoms through intermetallic contacts.

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