Dinuclear Gold Complexes Supported by Wide Bite Angle Diphosphines for Preorganization-Induced Selective Dual-Gold Catalysis

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Publication date 03-2019
Journal Inorganics
Article number 28
Volume | Issue number 7 | 3
Number of pages 13
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  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS)
Abstract
The synthesis, reactivity, and potential of well-defined dinuclear gold complexes as precursors for dual-gold catalysis is explored. Using the preorganizing abilities of well-known wide bite angle diphosphine ligands, DBFPhos and DPEPhos, dinuclear Au(I)–Au(I) complexes 1 and 2 are used as precursors to form well-defined monocationic species with either a chlorido- or acetylido-ligand bridging the two gold centers. These compounds are active catalysts for the dual-gold heterocycloaddition of a urea-functionalized alkyne, and the preorganization of both Au-centers affords efficient σ,π-activation of the substrate, even at high dilution, significantly outperforming benchmark mononuclear catalysts.
Document type Article
Note - With supplementary file. - In Special Issue: Binuclear Complexes
Language English
Related dataset CCDC 1894224: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination CCDC 1893603: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination CCDC 1894225: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Published at https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics7030028
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