Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of a T-Shaped 14-Electron Stiboranyl-Gold Complex
- 13 May 2011
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Vol. 133 (23), 8948-8955
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ja201092g
Abstract
A cyclic stiboranyl-gold complex (1) supported by two 1,8-naphthalenediyl linkers has been synthesized and structurally characterized. The gold atom of this complex adopts a T-shaped geometry and is separated from the antimony center by only 2.76 Å. Surprisingly, the trivalent gold atom of this complex is involved in an aurophilic interaction, a phenomenon typically only observed for monovalent gold complexes. This phenomenon indicates that the stiboranyl ligand possesses strong σ-donating properties making the trivalent gold atom of 1 electron rich. This view is supported by DFT calculations as well as Au L3- and Sb K-edge XANES spectra which reveal that 1 may also be described as an aurate-stibonium derivative. In agreement with this view, complex 1 shows no reactivity toward the halides Cl–, Br–, and I–. It does, however, rapidly react with F– to form an unprecedented anionic aurate fluorostiborane complex ([2]−) which has been isolated as the tetra-n-butylammonium salt. The increased coordination number of the antimony center in this anionic complex ([2]−) does not notably affect the Au–Sb separation (2.77 Å) or the geometry at the gold atom which remains T-shaped.Keywords
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