Abstract
A series of novel digold complexes incorporating ethynyl pyridine derivatives as a spacer unit, [(R3P)Au(CC)X(C
C)Au(PR3)] (R = Ph, X = 2,5-pyridine (1); R = Cy (
C)(X)(C
C) unit is essentially linear for complexes 1, 2 and 4 and kinked for complexes 3 and 5, but only in 1, with the shortest spacer group and the less bulky phosphine
- This article is part of the themed collection: Collection of articles dedicated to Professor Ken Wade, F.R.S. in celebration of his seventy-fifth birthday