Insertion of carbon disulphide into a metal–chlorine bond; X-ray structure of AuCl2(η2-S2CCl)

Abstract

The reaction of CS₂ with gold(III) chloride (Au₂Cl₆) leads to the complex AuCl₂(η²-S₂CCl), in which the CS₂ has inserted into an Au–Cl bond of a hypothetical monomeric gold(III) trichloride intermediate; the structure has been confirmed by X-ray crystallography, although the S and CI atoms could not be distinguished.