Abstract
Zeise's salt gets company: 185 years after the report of the well-known platinum(II) ethylene compound, examples of isolable olefin complexes of its isoelectronic neighbor in the periodic table, gold(III), have been prepared (see picture). The complexes are very susceptible towards nucleophilic attack; there is also structural evidence for AuIII–Ag interactions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 874-877 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Angewandte Chemie International Edition |
Volume | 52 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 23 Nov 2012 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 14 Jan 2013 |
Keywords
- aurophilic bonds
- coordination chemistry
- ethylene
- gold
- homogeneous catalysis