CHLOROBIS(POLYFLUOROPHENYL)THALLIUM(III) COMPLEXES AND THEIR REACTIONS WITH GOLD(I) AND TIN(II) COMPOUNDS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-328X(00)96182-5

The reaction of TlCl3 with RLi leads to complexes of the general formula TlR2Cl (R=C6F5, p-C6F4H, m-C6F4H, 2,4,6-C6F3H2, p-C6FH4 or m-CF3C6H4).Some of these undergo oxidative addition reactions with gold(I) complexes to give polyfluorophenyl derivatives of the types AuR2ClL and Au(C6F5)R2(tht) (tht=tetrahydrothiophen), and with SnCl2 to give oily materials from which stable solids of the general formula Q can be isolated by addition of QCl (Q=Et4N or Ph3BzP).