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Gold phenolate complexes: Synthesis, structure, and reactivity
Ibrahim, Nada,Vilhelmsen, Mie Hojer,Pernpointner, Markus,Rominger, Frank,Hashmi, A. Stephen K.
, p. 2576 - 2583 (2013/06/26)
Seven different NHC gold(I) phenolate complexes were synthesized. Structural data, including X-ray crystal structure analyses, could be obtained for each of them. An investigation by computational chemistry, including NBO analysis, indicates three-center-four-electron hyperbonds among the carbene carbon, the gold atom, and the oxygen atom of the phenolate with an approximate 60:40 distribution of the bonding interaction in favor of the carbene-gold bond. The new class of complexes shows only moderate catalytic activity.
