Abstract
A series of aurocyanide and auricyanide complexes of phosphines, phosphine sulfides, and phosphine selenides were synthesized. These new complexes have the general formula [LnAu(CN)m], where L could be Cy 3P, (2-CN-Et)3P, Me3PS, Et3PS, Ph3PS, Me3PSe, or Ph3PSe. Auricyanide was reacted with L at 1 : 2 ratio. Products were characterized using elemental analysis, melting point, UV, IR, far-IR solution, and solid-state NMR spectroscopy. Phosphine ligands cause gold(III) reduction to gold(I); less redox tendency was found for phosphine sulfides and phosphine selenides. Tri-coordinate complexes [L2AuCN] were produced from phosphine ligands with gold-tetracyanide. IR and UV spectroscopic methods were used to identify gold oxidation state in the synthesized complexes.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3824-3832 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Coordination Chemistry |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue number | 21 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 10 Nov 2010 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors acknowledge the support by the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals for funding this study through project no. IN080421.
Keywords
- Auricyanide
- Far-IR
- IR
- Phosphine selenides
- Phosphine sulfides
- Phosphines
- Solid state NMR
- Solution NMR
- UV
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry