Crystal structure of tris-(2-di-cyclo-hexyl-phosphino-2',6'-dimeth-oxy-1,1'-biphenyl-κ P)-μ-oxoethenyl-idene- triangulo-trigold(I) bis-(tri-fluoro-methane-sulfon-yl)imide

Colin T Hartgerink; Richard J Staples; Carolyn E Anderson

doi:10.1107/S2056989021003844

Crystal structure of tris-(2-di-cyclo-hexyl-phosphino-2',6'-dimeth-oxy-1,1'-biphenyl-κ P)-μ-oxoethenyl-idene- triangulo-trigold(I) bis-(tri-fluoro-methane-sulfon-yl)imide

Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun. 2021 Apr 16;77(Pt 5):537-541. doi: 10.1107/S2056989021003844. eCollection 2021 May 1.

Authors

Colin T Hartgerink¹, Richard J Staples², Carolyn E Anderson¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Calvin University, 1726 Knollcrest Circle SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546, USA.
² Center for Crystallographic Research, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, 578 S. Shaw Lane, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.

Abstract

The title ketenyl-idene, [Au₃(C₂O)(C₂₆H₃₅O₂P)₃](C₂F₆NO₄S₂), was obtained upon exposure of [2-(di-cyclo-hexyl-phosphino)-2',6'-dimeth-oxy-1,1'-biphen-yl]gold(I) bis-(tri-fluoro-methane-sulfon-yl)imide to acetic anhydride at elevated temperature. The ketenyl-idene bridge caps the tri-gold cluster. The title compound has provided crystals that upon analysis represent the first tri-gold ketenyl-idene with atomic distances indicative of bonding inter-action between the gold atoms.

Keywords: crystal structure; ketenylidene; tri-gold.

Grants and funding

This work was funded by National Science Foundation, Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences grant CHE-1665139 to C. Anderson. Organic Syntheses, Inc. grants Summer Research at an Undergraduate Institution and CHE- 1919565. National Science Foundation grant 1919565.