Gold- and platinum-bismuth donor-acceptor interactions supported by an ambiphilic PBiP pincer ligand

Carolin Tschersich; Christian Limberg; Stefan Roggan; Christian Herwig; Nikolaus Ernsting; Sergey Kovalenko; Stefan Mebs

doi:10.1002/anie.201200848

Gold- and platinum-bismuth donor-acceptor interactions supported by an ambiphilic PBiP pincer ligand

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012 May 14;51(20):4989-92. doi: 10.1002/anie.201200848. Epub 2012 Apr 4.

Authors

Carolin Tschersich¹, Christian Limberg, Stefan Roggan, Christian Herwig, Nikolaus Ernsting, Sergey Kovalenko, Stefan Mebs

Affiliation

¹ Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Chemie, Germany.

PMID: 22473583
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201200848

Abstract

Noble metals meet a heavyweight: A pincer ligand brings together bismuth with gold and platinum, so that metallophilic interactions are established. According to DFT calculations, these interactions contain dominant metal→bismuth contributions.