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